This room, initially another storage space and then the
laboratory of the modern pharmacy, is now used for the display of part
of the books and documents collection, but also of some of the highly
popular exhibits of the History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj-Napoca.
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| Books' Room in the History of Pharmacy Collection, Cluj-Napoca |
The central case contains two 18th-century manuscripts
by Tobias Maucksch, the privileged pharmacist who initiated the
decoration and the first marketing strategies in the old pharmacy. He
noted offering doctors in town New Year’s presents so that they referred
patients with prescriptions to his shop. Such presents consisted of
white sugar, coffee or six lemons, as these were novel and fashionable
goods during that period. The case also contains several printed works
employed by pharmacists, from ancient writings and collections of
aphorisms, to specialize books such as pharmacopoeias, encyclopedias of
knowledge, and dispensatories, collections of recipes for the
preparation of drugs.
The museum's collection of specialized written sources is in fact much larger, including as early as 16th-century pharmaceutical works printed in Venice, manuscript inventories of pharmacies from Transylvania, diplomas and numerous later, printed books.
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| Apothecary old books |
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| Apothecary and medical old books |
Among the famous exhibits, in this room you can discover the bottles
in which the Elixir of Love was once sold and the recipe for this
aphrodisiac drink, and a precious apothecary chest, a kind of first aid
kit that noblemen took with them in their numerous travels through
Transylvania and abroad.
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