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FROM HERBS TO ALCHEMY: THE INTRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL MEDICINE TO MEXICAN PHARMACIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIESFootnote1

Pages 135-168 | Published online: 08 Jun 2007

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