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In the far corner stands the monastery's original medieval
pharmacy.
The Franciscans
openedthispharmacyin1317,andit'sbeenincontinualoperationeversince.Ondisplayare
jars, pots, and other medieval pharmacists' tools. Notice the row of old pharmacists' topics
from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries—expertise imported from as far away as Venice,
Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Bologna. The sick would come to get their medicine at the little
window (on the left side), which limited contact with the pharmacist and reduced the risk of
passingondisease.Ontherightside,lookfortheglasscasemarked
venena
—wherepoisons
