Pharmaceutical history and its sources in the Wellcome Collections. V. Comminution and English bell-metal mortars c. 1300--1850.

Pharmaceutical history and its sources in the Wellcome Collections. II. Drug weighing in Britain, c. 1700-1900.

THiS STUDY, which is based partly on the very important collection of eighteenth/ nineteenth-century English scales and weights in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, is particularly concerned with the question of accuracy of weighing. Much relevant information comes from the scales and weights themselves and the wide range of examples is detailed largely by way of illustrations ...

Pharmaceutical history and its sources in the Wellcome collections. 3. Fluid medicines, prescription reform and posology 1700-1900.

DURING the nineteenth century prescribed medicines underwent considerable changes. Many new forms were introduced and, as will be related in this paper, the multidose mixture emerged as the most popular 'wet' medicine.2 This study was prompted mainly by the large collection of sixteenthto nineteenth-century vials and bottles in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine which highlights ...

Pharmaceutical history and its sources in the Wellcome Collections. I. The growth of professionalism in nineteenth-century British pharmacy.

WHILE the theme of this article is professionalism in nineteenth-century British pharmacy' its chief purpose is to draw attention to the pharmaceutical and associated collections in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library which are of value for studying this topic2. I will be stressing items other than printed books for it is often forgotten that objects and ephemera are as much hist...

English and Welsh agriculture, 1300–1850: output, inputs, and income

Geochemical and environmental assessment of heavy metals in soils and sediments of Forumad Chromite mine, NE of Iran

Heavy metal concentration in the soils and sediments has increased worldwide during the last century due to the mining, smelting, and industrial activities. The Forumad chromite deposit is located in the Sabzevar ophiolitic complex (SOC), with a long history of mining activities, yet very little is known about the heavy metal contamination in its surrounding environment. In this research work, ...