5 Theriaca Magna on the Marketplace

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. NOTE ON CONVENTIONS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I EARL Y HISTORY AND SENSORY EXPERIENCE OF THERIAC
6. 1 The Reinvention of Theriac 19
7. 2 The Experience of Theriac 50
8. II PHARMACY AND STATECRAFT
9. 3 Imperial Antidotes for Renaissance Rulers 87
10. 4 A Public Health Measure against Poison and Plague 112
11. 5 Theriaca Magna on the Marketplace 145
12. 6 A Preservative of the Social Order 175
13. III PARADOXES OF SUCCESS
14. 7 From “Antidote of All Antidotes” to Pharmaceutical Monster 201
15. Conclusion 231
16. ABBREVIATIONS 245
17. NOTES 247
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 283
19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 321
20. INDEX 325