+- Alchemy Discussion Forum (https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums)
+-- Forum: Alchemy Discussion Forum (https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=5)
+--- Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery (https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Thread: Pill-boxes (/showthread.php?tid=2614)
Pill-boxes - Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025
''SAPO STARKEI'' for one.
This is most likely ''Starkey'', that is to say George Starkey (1628–1665),
for a chemical-pharmaceutical preparation attributed to George Starkey's recipe,
used as a medicinal or alchemical soap.
''PILULAE BECKERI'' for the other.
This phylactery refers to pills composed according to the recipe of Dr. Johann Jacob Becher (or Beeker), 1635–1682,
based on purgative or mercurial substances, intended to “cleanse the body of bad humors”
according to the galenic and chemical medicine of the time.
https://www.proantic.com/en/1642114-east-luneville-early-19th-century-apothecary-pair-of-pillboxes.html