A Theriac recipe (1734)
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A Theriac recipe (1734)
Teriaca (also triaca; English: theriac or treacle) was a kind of wonder medicine and general antidote, of which Venice was the main producer in Europe.
The recipe reproduced below is from the Lessico farmaceutico-chimico contenente li rimedj piu usati d'oggidi, 2nd revised edition of 1734, by Giovanni Battista Capello, spezier in Venice. The first edition was published in 1728, with permission of the superiori of 1727.
Theriac was a Venetian trade secret until 1669, when the French pharmacist Moyse Charas (1619–1698) published the recipe. Before that date, Capello would never have got permission from the superiors to publish the recipe.
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