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28 août 2014
- doi: 10.58079/tcrh
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mariekehendriksen, « The (lack of) power of gemstones », The Recipes Project, ID : 10.58079/tcrh
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By Marieke Hendriksen The idea of gemstones having curative powers has existed from ancient times until the present day. As I am interested in the use of chemical and mineral substances in eighteenth-century Dutch and particularly Boerhavian medicine, I am currently analysing medical and apothecary handbooks from this period and area to gain an idea of what eighteenth-century Dutch physicians and apothecaries thought of the alleged curative powers of gemstones. Unlike neighbouring countries,...