Pious Traders in Medicine: A German Pharmaceutical Network in Eighteenth-Century North America

This book tells the story of two generations of Pietist ministers sent from Halle, in Brandenburg Prussia during the eighteenth century, to the German communities of North America. In conjunction with their clerical office, these ministers provided medical services using pharmaceuticals and medical texts brought with them from Europe. Their practice is an example of how different medical markets and medical cultures evolved in North America.

At the heart of the story is the Francke Orphanage...