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"Hong Kong apothecary" transports to the world of Eastern medicine, with oils, powders, pills, and cures for every known ailment from impotency to opium addiction. As peculiar as "pink pills for pale people" are the packages containing these medicaments. Author Simon Go has combed manufacturers , shops, and home medicine cabinets for years collecting the most compelling(...)
Hong Kong apothecary : a visual history of Chinese medicine packaging
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$37.95
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"Hong Kong apothecary" transports to the world of Eastern medicine, with oils, powders, pills, and cures for every known ailment from impotency to opium addiction. As peculiar as "pink pills for pale people" are the packages containing these medicaments. Author Simon Go has combed manufacturers , shops, and home medicine cabinets for years collecting the most compelling examples. The result is a visual cabinet of curiosities, a graphical pharmacopoeia. Divided by type – such as ointments, herbal teas, infused oils – "Hong Kong apothecary" presents the graphics and descriptions of hundreds of medicines and gives an insight into Chinese customs afforded only by examining the artifacts and customs of everyday life.
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