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The monastery housed a modern pharmacy believed to be the largest in the Middle East.
It had a stock of medicines from around the world, including medicinal herbs from the
Americas. The medicines were stored in glazed and beautifully-decorated pottery jars,
several hundred of which are now on display at the Franciscan Order’s museum.
The development of modern medicine in Jerusalem gradually emerged during the
nineteenth century: Jewish and Christian physicians working in the city had trained
at European universities, and several modern hospitals were slowly established there.
However, the traditional remedies once sold in stores in the Perfume Market in the Old
City are still available today in those exact same stores, only a short walk away from the
Tower of David Museum.

‫ או בילביל‬ß‫ קירוֹ‬Δ‫ב‬ß ‫כלי‬
‫ יש הגורסים שיצרני הסם‬Æ‫הצמח וסם האופיום המופק ממנו¨ היו ידועים בעת העתיקה בארץ ישראל ובמרחב הים התיכון בכלל‬

‫ ירושלים¨ התקופה הכנענית ˇ רשות העתיקות‬Æ‫ שעיצובן רומז על תכולתן‬ß¿‫בילבי‬ß ‫שיווקו אותו בפכיות קטנות המכונות‬
Base-Ring Ware - "Bilbil" Juglet
The poppy plant and the narcotic opium extracted from it were well known in the ancient world. There are
those who maintain that the drug was marketed in small juglets known as "bilbils," and that the shape of the
containers hinted at their contents. Jerusalem, Canaanite Period
| Israel Antiquities Authority

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