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Sometimes when we are digging in old texts we find phrases we don’t have any context for like “the consistency of an electuary” or “according to art.” It can be really frustrating to be told to make a particular medicine “according to Arte” if you haven’t apprenticed with an apothecary. Sometimes physicians and apothecaries reinforcedContinue reading “The Consistency of an Electuary”