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PHARMACY HISTORY
AUSTRALIA
Four three pennorths please
David Newgreen
Lester Cashen OAM MPS PhC
Geoff Miller
From the PBS files
Geoff Miller
Atebrin – A brief history
Frank Merkovich
Seidlitz – the morning after powder
Peter Homan
Tapeworm Diet
Advertisement
Beyond the black stump
Geoff Miller
Collectables - investment bottles
Geoff Miller
Vaseline from trademark to noun
Peter Homan
Queensland AJP digitisation
Rad West
Dyte’s Pharmacy Caulfield Victoria
Dacid Lumsden
Embossed medicine bottles
From our US Correspondent, Ed Miller
History of the condom
Author unknown
WA Pharmacy Service Awards
Editorial swan song
Geoff Miller
President’s column
Ross Brown
Cow bells cold chains and smallpox
Geoff Miller
History of standards and ethics in pharmacy
Gregory Haines
VCP and Monash merger
David Newgreen
Eli Lilly
Greg Haines
The home treasure chest
Ian Milford
Old drugs and their uses
Geoff Miller
Google, the future
Anonymous
A common misconception
Geoff Miller
Pharmacy champions of information technology Colin Trevena
Just the tonic
F Hardey
JN2573
Academy President receives prestigious award
Mr Esmond Ross Brown AM RFD ED Hon MPharm(Syd) FPS FAICD who is President
of our Australian Academy of the History of Pharmacy has received the title of Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney.
Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy Professor Iqbal Ramzan said Ross Brown has been a tireless ambassador in the promotion
of the University, especially the Faculty of Pharmacy for over 50 years since he qualified as a Pharmacist in 1952.
The list of Ross’s appointments, roles and responsibilities in the Pharmacy profession is extensive. He has a long and active history with the Faculty of Pharmacy and the pharmacy industry at large. These include being a former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Mr Brown
is currently President of the Pharmacy Alumni Association, a Director of the Herbal Medicine Research and Education Centre (since 1998) and a Governor
of the Pharmacy Practice Foundation (since 1978).
In 1997 his achievements and service to the University of Sydney were recognized when he was conferred with the Degree
of Master of Pharmacy (honors causal). Professor Iqbal Ramzan said ‘I am delighted for Ross. This is a very prestigious honour and I thank Ross for all his support to the faculty over the years.’
Thank you Ross
With fond regards Geoff
History website
If you wish to explore further the history of Pharmacy in Australia, go to the PSA website at www.psa.org.au and follow the links to History.
There you will find a small publication ‘A Scandalously Short History of Pharmacy’, which sums up the long history of the profession.
In addition the history ink will
give you access to the indexes of Pharmacy History Australia’ and the full text of the leading article from each edition of the journal.
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