Tropical plants in British pharmacy

When:
February 9, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
2015-02-09T17:30:00+00:00
2015-02-09T19:00:00+00:00
Where:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
1 Lambeth High Street
Lambeth, London SE1 7JN
UK
Cost:
Free

Dr Mark Nesbitt “will explore how tropical plants and their properties were discovered and transmitted to Britain, alongside the role of institutions such as Kew in translating these discoveries into everyday medicines. This will be a much extended version of the short talk [given] at the Royal College of Physicians last summer.”

Organised by the British Society for the History of Pharmacy
All welcome, no charge. Refreshments from 17.00