In old
pharmacy
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...
, a cucupha or cucufa was a
cap, or cover for the head, with
cephalic spices quilted in it, worn for certain nervous
distemper
Distemper may refer to:
Illness
*A viral infection
**Canine distemper, a disease of dogs
**Feline distemper, a disease of cats
** Phocine distemper, a disease of seals
*A bacterial infection
**Equine distemper, or Strangles, a bacterial infectio ...
s, particularly those affecting the head.
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History of pharmacy
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