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HONG KONG APOTHECARY A VISUAL HISTORY OF CHINESE MEDICINE PACKAGING
Simon Go
Princeton Architectural Press, 2003
Softcover
199 pages
Fully illustrated, colour
ISBN: 1568983905
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Hong Kong Apothecary transports us to the exotic world of Eastern medicine, a world of oils, powders, and pills - cures for every known ailment from impotency to opium addiction. Author Simon Go has combed Hong Kong's manufacturers, shops, and home medicine cabinets for years collecting the most compelling examples. The result is a visual cabinet of curiosities, a graphical pharmacopeia.
Hong Kong Apothecary presents the colourful graphics and descriptions of hundreds of ointments, herbal teas, infused oils, and other medicines. It gives us an insight into Chinese culture afforded only by examining the artifacts and customs of everyday life.
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