Join The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries for the Hans Sloane Lecture at Chelsea Physic Garden. This year’s lecture is Remedies from the New World in James Petiver’s (1665-1718) Apothecary Practice given by Katrina Maydom

Katrina Maydom completed her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, where she was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Her thesis investigated the production, trade and consumption of New World drugs in the early British empire. It won the Kenneth Emsley Prize for History at St Edmund’s College. She was also awarded the Burnby Memorial Prize by the British Society for the History of Pharmacy.

A drinks reception will happen after the Lecture.