The new temporary exhibition at the History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj, entitled "Gold and gems", is actually about many other interesting fact about the history of pharmacy, alchemy and snobbery. It tells the story of gold, silver, and gem powder as universal medicines, of the advantages of gilding or silvering pills, of black epileptic powders that contained precious red coral, mother of pearl and crushed narwal tusk, of alcoholic tonics that contained saffron and flecks of gold, but also of ingredients making reference to precious metals, such as Orpiment (arsenic yellow powder) and the Golden citrus (bitter orange).
Don't miss the exhibition that will be open until the end of this year.
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| Cordial waters contained saffron and flecks of gold |
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| Crocus sativus or Saffron Crocus, the most expensive of spices, reaching the price of gold |
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| The Gold Pigment - Orpiment |
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| Gold leaf and Avicenna's pills |
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| Gold and silver uses in homeopathy - a theory born in Transylvania |
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