JOURNAL OF THE CZECH PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND THE SLOVAK PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

Čes. slov. farm. 2010, 59(5):227-233

Medicinal preparations in the Renovated Prague Dispensatory of 1750. Part I - Introduction and the first nine classes of dosage forms

P. Drábek

The article deals with the development of pharmacotherapy in Bohemia in the late Baroque period. It draws attention to newly introduced preparations and some surviving classic prescriptions. It is based on the second edition of the Renovated Prague Dispensatory (Dispensatorium pharmaceuticum Pragense renovatum, 1650). It compares its content with the Viennese Dispensatory (Dispensatorium pharmaceuticum Austriaco-Viennense, 1651) and it takes into account also the previous sources, e.g. Prague Pharmacy Rate (1737) and the first edition of the Prague Dispensatory (1739). It draws attention to various peculiarities of the period prescription and some problems, including the fact that preparations of different compositions were often stated under a common name. The first part of the article examines the first nine classes, including vinegars, distilled waters, balms, sugar-containing preparations, decoctions, confections, elixirs, tinctures, cerates, and cataplasms.

Keywords: baroque dispensatories; pharmaceutical technologies; pharmaceutical terminology

Received: August 10, 2010; Accepted: September 13, 2010; Published: May 1, 2010  Show citation

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