Medicinal preparations in Mattioli’s Herbarium of 1596

Czech version

Authors: P. Drábek
Published in: Čes. slov. Farm., 2008; 57, 126-131
Category: History of Pharmacy

Overview

Herbaria in the 16th century very often included also the information concerning the use of medicinal plants in practice. The second Czech edition of Mattioli’s Herbarium presented about 4000 pieces of therapeutic advice and instructions, including nearly 200 complete prescriptions for medicinal preparations. Preparations for internal use were mainly potions and concoctions. In preparations for external administration, the dosage was not of great importance and therefore less attention was paid to their precise composition. At that period, distillation was still widely used to prepare medicaments.

Key words:
Mattioli P.A. – Huber A. – pharmaceutical technology at the beginning of the modern period – Czech pharmaceutical terminology

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Czech and Slovak Pharmacy

2008 Issue 3