New Faculty Seminar: Yan Liu, “Transforming Poisons in Medieval Chinese Pharmacy”
830 Clemens Hall University at Buffalo, BuffaloJoin the UB Humanities Institute for a brown bag lunch session with Yan Liu (History). Coffee and cookies will be served. A salient feature of classical Chinese pharmacy is its abundant use of toxic substances (aconite, arsenic, etc.). How could poisons become medicines? Professor Liu’s talk addresses this question by exploring the rich repertory of […]