"Luminare majus...", Venice, 1566. Yesterday pharmaceutical forms , nowadays pharmaceutical forms – a case study Cover Image

"Luminare majus...", Veneţia, 1566. Forme farmaceutice de ieri, forme farmaceutice de azi – studiu de caz
"Luminare majus...", Venice, 1566. Yesterday pharmaceutical forms , nowadays pharmaceutical forms – a case study

Author(s): Lucian-Mihai Stănescu
Subject(s): Review, Health and medicine and law, Source Material
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: books of heritage; Johannes Mesue; Antidotary; Salernitan School; arab pharmacy;

Summary/Abstract: ABSTRACT: The Library of University of Medicine and Pharma‑cy „Carol Davila”, Bucarest, preserves important and wonderfulmedical and pharmaceutical books from XVth –XVIth centuries.In this article we studied the first part of „Luminare majus...”,printed in Venice (1566)–(CS XVI V5). This book presents theteachings of Johannes Mesue and of Salernitan School whichremained highly important in the XVIth century. In the fif‑teen parts of „Luminare majus” are sumarized pharmaceuticalproducts with arab influence and we are informed on the tech‑nological process of drugs in Renaissance.We can affirm that the continuity through the centuries and thetherapeutical quality are preserved, (like in Romanian Pharma‑copoea 10th edition); of course there are many changes but theancient pharmaceutical nucleus is maintained.KEYWORDS: books of heritage, Johannes Mesue, Antidotary,Salernitan School, arab pharmacy

  • Issue Year: 4/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 161-179
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian