The old-style pharmacy often used poisonous compounds, thus lending substance to Voltaire's complaint that physicians " prescribe medicine of which they know little to cure dieases of which they know less in human beings of which they know nothing"

The old-style pharmacy often used poisonous compounds, thus lending substance to Voltaire's complaint that physicians " prescribe medicine of which they know little to cure dieases of which they know less in human beings of which they know nothing"

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
Interior view of an 18th or 19th century pharmacy. Verso: WHO/945.General Pharmacy. SM 5-1981.
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World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437150 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013725
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437150