plants, potions, pharmacy
What if someone fell ill around 1500? Even then, women mostly took care of the sick. Every wife had a medicine cabinet with recipes for tried and tested medicines that were passed on from mother to daughter - just like the kitchen utensils. Trained doctors left the practical part of treating the sick to the surgeons and barbers.
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Unbekannt: Kurfürstin Katharina von Brandenburg
Like the executioner, they had better knowledge of anatomy for a long time. Birth and the postpartum period were a women's affair until the 18th century.
Working with medicinal plants and herbs was a valued activity for many noble women in the 16th century. In the tradition of her mother, the Electress Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1602) founded a pharmacy that was housed in the Berlin Palace and provided the poor with medicines free of charge.
The tour leads through the palace gardens and selected areas of the exhibition in the palace. Individual medicinal herbs are presented on site in the garden. At the end of the tour, you can try selected herbs in the Old Kitchen and make your own herbal tea.
With Astrid Heiland-Vondruska and Kathrin Külow
(IN GERMAN)
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Price: €12.00
Reduced price: €10.00
Reduced price: €10.00
Dates
August 2025
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