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Transmitting Medical Exotica
Louis Philiberto Vernatti, the Snakestone, and the Royal Society
Rachael Pymm
History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, September 2020, 62 (3-4) 112-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/hopp.62.3-4.112
Rachael Pymm
* Rachael Pymm is an independent researcher, holding an MA from the History Department of Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; .
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History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals
Vol. 62, Issue 3-4
7 Sep 2020
Transmitting Medical Exotica
Rachael Pymm
History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Sep 2020, 62 (3-4) 112-134; DOI: 10.3368/hopp.62.3-4.112
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- Abstract
- The Scholarly Context of Snakestones in the Seventeenth Century
- The Royal Society of London and Exoticism
- The Importance of “Weak Ties”
- Snakestones and Poison Research
- Robert Moray, Louis Philiberto Vernatti, and the Royal Society
- Vernatti’s Response
- Vernatti’s Snakestone
- Vernatti’s Demise
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Footnotes
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- References
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