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The oldest operating pharmacy in the world--with 800 year old recipes
The Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy is probably the oldest still-operating pharmacy in the world, and certainly the oldest in Italy. It was established in 1221, when the Dominican monks from the... »
Pharmacy Museums | Edited by michelle, Josh and 4 others
The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm
Located at the juncture of two important railway lines in the northwestern corner of Anhui province, the dusty and rusty city of Bozhou is the capital of the Chinese medicinal herb industry.... »
Pharmacy Museums, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by mrobscurity and Dylan
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanestisized patients
Housed in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving operating theater looks much as it might have in 1822. One surgeon who operated there described it thus: "the first two rows... »
Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
The history and future of cannabis
In 1985 the same year that Jack Herer published "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," his famous book explaining the benefits of cannabis and hemp, the Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum opened its doors... »
Pharmacy Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and michelle
Instruments, apparatus and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences
While the Chemical Heritage Foundation, may not immediately sound like a fascinating place to a non-chemist, within these library and museum walls lay some fascinating books, instruments and some... »
Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by chemheritage
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building
In a two story historic building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, this pharmacy museum showcases its extensive collection and provides educational programs on the history of pharmacy and... »
Pharmacy Museums | Edited by Walter and Seth Teicher
St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease
The St. George's Leprosy Museum or "Lepramuseet" in Bergen, Norway is housed in an eighteenth century building, part of St. Georges hospital, once used to house lepers. It was also where Gerhard... »
Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by jiblite
A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection
The Sibiu Pharmacy Museum is housed in a 1569 Gothic townhouse where the oldest pharmacy in Romania operated for over 150 years. The pharmacy was known as La Ursul Negru (The Black Bear), and... »
Pharmacy Museums, Instruments of Science | Edited by michelle
