The commercialisation of medicine in the popular press: English Almanacs 1640-1700

Seventeenth Century

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-69

  Curth, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BOOK; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PACKAGING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVERTISING; ALMANACS; COMMERCE; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; PRODUCT PACKAGING;

EID: 34347203696     PISSN: 0268117X     EISSN: 20504616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268117X.2002.10555499     Document Type: Article

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