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Spoonful of Sugar: Medicinal Preparation in the Domestic Sphere

Meredith E. Torre, Guest Curator
December 1, 2006 - February 28, 2007
Men with Retort
Peters, Hermann. Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy. 3rd ed.
Chicago: G. P. Englehard, 1902, c.1899.
Ebling Library call number RS 61 P48

As industrial and scientific knowledge grew, more elaborate home and industrial furnaces were built to harness the healing properties of distilling plants and herbs.

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