5,000 Years of the History of Healthcare and Pharmacy

A journey through the universal history of health and pharmacy, exploring artefacts of rare scientific, anthropological, artistic and social value, offering a narrative in which each civilization is portrayed through the lens of the fight against disease and the quest for cures and pain relief, across cultures and civilizations as diverse in time and space as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Pre-Columbian civilizations, the Islamic world, Africa, Tibet, China and Japan, amongst others.