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Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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This book explores the history of pharmacy in France and its
relationship to the discipline of chemistry as it emerged at the
beginning of the nineteenth century. It argues that an appreciation
of the history of pharmacy is essential to a full understanding of
the constitution of modern science, in particular the discipline of
chemistry. As such, it provides a novel interpretation of the
chemical revolution (c.1770-1789) that will, no doubt, generate
much debate on the place of the chemical arts in this story, a
question that has hitherto lacked sufficient scholarly reflection.
Furthermore, the book situates this analysis within the broader
context of the French Revolution, arguing that an intimate and
direct link can be drawn between the political upheavals and our
vision of the chemical revolution. The story of the chemical
revolution has usually been told by focusing on the small group of
French chemists who championed Lavoisier's oxygen theory, or else
his opponents. Such a perspective emphasises competing theories and
interpretations of critical experiments, but neglects the
challenging issue of who could be understood as practising
chemistry in the eighteenth century. In contrast, this study traces
the tradition of pharmacy as a professional pursuit that relied on
chemical techniques to prepare medicines, and shows how one of the
central elements of the chemical revolution was the more or less
conscious disassociation of the new chemistry from this ancient
chemical art.
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