VMs: "Herbals from Manuscript to Printing" in Washington...

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(((Forwarded from a post to PharmWeb)))

The next meeting of the Botanical Society of Washington will be held on 
Tuesday, November 4th at 7:00 pm.

Dr. Alain Touwaide, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, NHM, 
Section of Botany, will deliver an illustrated talk titled "Herbals from 
Manuscript to Printing."

The talk will deal with the transformation of herbals from the Late Middle 
Ages to the Renaissance, the re-introduction of ancient knowledge (Greek), 
the diffusion of ancient data through printing, the separation of botany 
from pharmacy, and the development of a new discipline.

Meeting location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), third floor of the new 
East Court building, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian 
Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC

For more information on the event and the BSW:
http://www.botsoc.org/


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