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was sent over from America. He arrived in Sydney on November 8, 1897 and the first products started appearing in 1898.
The name chosen for the Australian enterprise was the Sanitarium Health Food Company, which was a clever way of providing an alternative brand to compete with Kellogg products,7 which were also manufactured and marketed in Australia.
The Sanitarium Health Food Company has factories in many locations across Australia and New Zealand, some of these include, Berkeley Vale, Cooranbong, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Auckland. It produces a large range of breakfast cereals as well as a range of vegetarian products, the flagship being Weet-Bix.
The Kellogg brand in America and the Sanitarium brand in Australia, are wholly owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, which affords them tax benefits as the companies direct their profits back into the church.
References
1. Fitch SS. A Treatise on health, its aids and hindrances containing an exposition of the causes and cures of disease and the laws of life. NY: Pudney and Russell; 1857:505- 506.
2. Kellogg JH. Man the masterpiece of plain truths plainly told About boyhood, youth, and manhood. Des Moines:WD Conduit; 1889:588-9.
3. Boyle TC. The road to Wellville. NY;Viking; 1992:117.
4. Cook WH. Woman’s book of health:
a guide for the wife, mother, and the nurse. 8th ed. Cincinnati:W Wesley Cook Publisher; 1884:399-400.
5. Scudder JM. Domestic medicine or home book on health, a popular treatise on anatomy, physiology, hygiene, materia medica, surgery, practice of medicine and nursing. Cincinnati, OH: J Hawley & Co; 1865:198.
6. Lorand A. Old age deferred: the causes
of old age and its postponement by hygienic and therapeutic measures. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis; 1912:423.
7 Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (26th ed, Philadelphia:WB Saunders Co;
1985).
Address correspondence to: Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, The Lloyd Library and Museum, 917 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. USA, E- mail: dbworthen@fuse.net
Pharmacy history education
By Geoff Miller
History by the metre
Students participating in B. Pharm courses at three Perth Universities are introduced to the elements
of the history of pharmacy in a few brief hours of lectures and participation in a research project, which they have to present to their peers in the classroom.
It is extremely difficult to even scratch the surface of the history of this profession and the presentation process does at least give each student an exposure to about nine different facets of history to optimistically whet their appetites to learn more about the lessons of history and how their own careers will be affected by the events of the past, from the ancients to modern times.
The students have a choice of topic from about 12 subjects such as the history of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the history of Aboriginal medicine, alternative medicine practices through to the history of women in pharmacy.
In addition to the students having to stand in front of the whole class and give their oral presentation, which helps to sharpen their communication skills, they must also hand in a hard copy of their research, for marking.
One cannot help but admire the skills that some of them show in giving their presentations by the use of innovative audio visual techniques, and also in their creativeness with their written work.
This year was a vintage year for the written submissions and the premium exhibit was a scroll about three metres long giving the history of pharmacy education in ancient Western Australia.
The scroll itself was inspired no doubt by the ancient Egyptian writing known as the Ebers Papyrus and the modern day version complete, with scorched edges is a fair comparison.
Again this shows that as far as the history of pharmacy is concerned, there is nothing really new under the sun!
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