RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Experimental Therapeutics in the Renaissance
JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 489
OP 492
DO 10.1124/jpet.102.042291
VO 304
IS 2
A1 Stata Norton
YR 2003
UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/304/2/489.abstract
AB Detailed accounts of therapeutics at the time of the European Renaissance written by the participants have not survived in large numbers. One manuscript, dated 1562, was written by friars in a religious order in Italy dedicated to the care of the sick. Their remedies, methods of preparation, and uses were detailed by the friars and offer a glimpse into the beginnings of experimentation with drugs and rejection of tradition and authority in determining the effectiveness of a remedy. These developing concepts were combined in the manuscript with traditional treatments dating back through the Middle Ages to the medical methods of Greece and Rome. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics