Introduction

Part I. Approaches
1. Geographies of Virtue
2. The Voyages of an Advertisement
3. An Armenian in Paris

Part II. Court and City Challenges
4. Desiring the Favorite
5. “The Usual Miracles of Cinchona”
6. Altered States: Opium

Part III. Public Virtues
7. Publicity Problems
8. Poisons and Secrets
9. Purging the Body Politic
10. “Mr Mil Drogue”: The Merchant’s Virtue

Part IV. Capturing the Unknown
11. Tributes and Trials
12. “The Closest Possible Likeness to Tea”
13. “We Still Do Not Know the True Plant of Rhubarb”
14. “Indian Secrets” and “European Information”

Conclusion: Translations of Potency

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index