A Farmacopeia Tubalense de 1735 e a construção de um modelo para a farmácia portuguesa setecentista

Abstract

This work is a study of the Pharmacopoeia Chemical Tubalense-Galenic, manual Portuguese manufacturing and use of drugs, written by the pharmacist Manoel Rodrigues Coelho in 1735. The main objective of this study is to understand this pharmacopoeia as a teaching tool and guide that aimed to establish a model of pharmacy practice in Portugal during the first half of the eighteenth century. During this period, coexisted in Portugal the knowledge of Galenic Pharmacy, knowledge-based dressings Greco-Roman, Arab and medieval pharmacy and chemistry, rooted in the writings of Paracelsus and critics of the Galenic system. In addition, several concepts derived from healing magic-religious beliefs and knowledge of native cultures from different parts of the Portuguese dominions permeated the healing practice. In order to organize and standardize the pharmaceutical practice, believing that they would eliminate some misconceptions that many apothecaries committed in their activities, Manoel Rodrigues Coelho gathered as much knowledge as possible about both pharmacies in one book. She was not the only pharmacopoeia of the period, but became more popular with the professional art of producing drug revenues in Portugal.