The is a photographic repertoire accompanied by texts in Italian and English of the collection of drugs and herbal drugs of the historical collections of the departments of Pharmacology and Plant Biology of the University of Florence. The collection includes drugs of historical interest that are still important (quinine, digitalis, aspirin, etc.), in addition to others fallen into disuse due to low activity or high toxicity and is an interesting example of the variations in medical therapy during the 20th century. The photographic images highlight the high artistic quality of glass containers and labels and underline the museum, as well as scientific, value of the collections.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3278-9846
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
La collezione storica di farmaci dell'Università di Firenze
Book Subtitle
The Historic Collection of Drugs of the University of Florence
Editors
Piero Dolara, Graziana Fiorini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
128
Publication Year
2004
Copyright Information
© 2004 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/88-8453-218-3
ISBN Print
88-8453-219-1
eISBN (pdf)
88-8453-218-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-748-0
Series Title
Cataloghi e collezioni
Series ISSN
2704-5854
Series E-ISSN
2704-6044