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Making medicines : a brief history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals / edited by Stuart Anderson.

Contributor(s): Anderson, Stuart, 1946-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, c2005Description: xviii, 318 p. : ill., ports.ISBN: 0853695970; 9780853695974.Subject(s): Pharmacy -- history | Chemistry, Pharmaceutical -- history | Drugs -- History | Drug Industry -- history | Pharmaceutical technology -- History | Pharmacy -- History | Health and Wellbeing | Pharmaceutical industry -- History | Clinical & internal medicine | Pharmacology | History of medicine | Pharmacy / dispensingDDC classification: 615.1 MAK
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Making Medicines is a concise, chronological discussion of the history of therapeutics and pharmacy from the Egyptians through to the present day. It focuses on the discovery and uses of medicines to treat illness through the ages, and the evolving role of the pharmacist. Each chapter is contributed by an expert in the period or field, and illustrates how wider social, political and economic developments have influenced drug development and shaped pharmacy practice. The book has two colour-plate sections illustrating how pharmacy has developed over the centuries. Numerous photographs are also included in the text. Written by an expert in the field, this book will appeal to pharmacists and pharmacy students, as well as to other healthcare practitioners and medical historians.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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CHOICE Review

This slim, updated history of pharmacy attempts to describe both the rapidly evolving profession and the development and presentation of medicines. Historical coverage stretches from the Sumerians to the 20th century. A major weakness is the focus on the UK, with scant mention of developments in the US or the rest of the world. Dramatic changes to the profession in the US, such as the entry-level six-year PharmD degree, the growing recognition of the safety and economic value of clinical pharmacists, and the demands of biotechnology, pharmacogenetics, and new technologies receive only passing mention. Sadly, the demise of the community pharmacy is also slighted. The classic history is Kremers and Urdang's History of Pharmacy, edited by Glen Sonnedecker (4th ed., 1986). Since the majority of new pharmacists are now women, readers should consider American Women Pharmacists by Metta Lou Henderson (CH, Dec'02, 40-2197), which chronicles the advance of women into this field. Illustrations include color prints at the center, with black-and-white illustrations elsewhere. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Only libraries collecting in the history of pharmacy or medicine; lower-level undergraduates and above. J. S. Whelan Massachusetts General Hospital