Medicine as a Business 4:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐜, 𝟏𝟒𝟖𝟏
from Pliny the Elder, "Naturalis Historia", BK XXVIII, MS Lat. VI. 245 (2976), Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice.

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Grevembroch 3-120 - Facchino

**Facchini — Labourers — Grevembroch 3-120**

_Theriac_ was considered a kind of wonder medicine, and an antidote for most poisons. It required over sixty ingredients, and it was one of the prime products of the many pharmacies in Venice in the 1600s […]

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Episode 23 — Venice treacle — the cure-all remedy - Venetian Stories Venice produced and exported Theriac, an ancient wonder medicine for just about every ailment imaginable. It was a flourishing business for centuries, and an important part of the Venetian economy.

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Episode 23 — Venice treacle — the cure-all remedy

Venice produced and exported Theriac, an ancient wonder medicine for just about every ailment imaginable. It was a flourishing business for centuries, and an important part of the Venetian economy.

#Venice #Theriac

The preparation of Theriac — two prints (1600s) - History Walks in Venice Two prints, from the 1600s, depicting the production in public of the wonder-medicine theriac, at the Testa d'Oro pharmacy at Rialto.

The preparation of Theriac.

These two prints depict elements of the public preparation of theriac at the Testa d'Oro pharmacy in Venice, at the Rialto bridge, which is seen in the background.

#Engravings #Medicine #Theriac #Venezia #Venice

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THERIAC (Països Baixos) presenta nou recopilatori: "Years of Chaos" #Theriac #ThrashMetal #Agost2025 #PaïsosBaixos #NouRecopilatori #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

Islamic Medicine Series 22:

Weighting the Ingredients of Theriac, 1198

from "Kitāb al-Diryāq" ( كتاب الدرياق. or 'The Book of Theriac'), MS Arabe 2964, f. 9r, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

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Medicine as a Business 3:

The Theriac Grinder and the Apothecary, Venice 1750

from J. van Grevenbroeck, "Gli abiti de veneziani", (Filippi Editore, Venice 1981), vol. III, 59, 120. Orig. MS in the Museo Correr, Venice.

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The State Drug — Harvard University Press A revelatory account of the “wonder drug” theriac, which became a powerful tool in the hands of medical and political authorities at the height of the Italian Renaissance.From the 1490s, one of the mo...

I just got this! It is not real-real yet, but going to be soon. The history of theriac in early modern Italy and beyond www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #earlymodern #histmed #histsci #theriac #histpharma

I don’t know why you go to the British Museum, but I was there for the sweet, sweet (and bitter) Persian and Italian drug jars. #albarello #theriac #julep #pharmacy