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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gänger, Stefanie (1983-....)
Titre(s) : A singular remedy [Texte imprimé] : cinchona across the Atlantic World, 1751-1820 / Stefanie Gänger
Publication : Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge university press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-238 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Science in history
Lien à la collection : Science in history
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 184-231. Index
"Stefanie Gänger explores how medical knowledge was shared across societies tied
to the Atlantic World between 1751 and 1820. Centred on Peruvian bark or cinchona,
Gänger shows how that remedy and knowledge about its consumption - formulae for bittersweet,
'aromatic' wines, narratives about its discovery or beliefs in its ability to prevent
fevers - were understood by men and women in varied contexts. These included Peruvian
academies and Scottish households, Louisiana plantations and Moroccan court pharmacies
alike. This study in plant trade, therapeutic exchange, and epistemic brokerage shows
how knowledge weaves itself into the fabric of everyday medical practice in different
places"
Sujet(s) : Cinchona -- Emploi en thérapeutique -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
615.323 956 (23e éd.) = Médicaments dérivés des Gentianales
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108816335 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47240415r
Notice n° :
FRBNF47240415
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Machine generated contents note: The Outlines of Cinchona ; An Appraisal of the
Historiography ; Book Structure ; 1.Origin Stories ; Unalienable Truths ; Botanists
by Instinct ; Illiterate Saviours ; 2.The Demands of Humanity ; World Bark Trade
; Geographies of Consumption ; Limits to Distribution ; 3.Community of Practice
; `Proper Evacuations' ; Preparations of the Bark ; Proprietary Medicines ; 4.Febrile
Situations ; Marshes and Wedands ; Cities, Ships and Camps ; `Hot Climates' ;
5.Harvests of Change ; The Growth Regions ; The Spectre of Extinction ; The Bark
Cutters.
