Pharmacy History
Federation for pharmacy
February 1947: there’s moves afoot to form a federal council of state pharmaceutical societies. But will anything happen? There was a push on to form a federal body to unify …
1972: the future lies in professional services
February 1972: deteriorating trading conditions lead to calls for a ‘professional fee’ to ensure the future of pharmacies In an AJP article looking at ‘History and the Professional Fee‘, pharmacist …
The regulatory dilemma
November 1946, and in the aftermath of World War 2, regulators are wondering what to do with the wonder drug, Penicillin, while pharmacists call for national legislative uniformity Meanwhile, pharmacy …
Tonics: what’s in a name?
Pharmacy historian Ralph Tapping takes a look at the long, and sometimes dubious, history of products labelled as ‘tonics’ Through the past couple of centuries, mankind has always been looking …
The ‘Revolution Bug’
September 1971: Change is in the air within the pharmacy profession Calls for change were everywhere in the September 1971 edition of the AJP There were calls for “revolution” to …
Pharmacy suffers from rabbit poison sale
July 1921: Did the Pharmacy Board approve a shopkeeper’s sales of cheap strychnine, harming pharmacists ‘in the public estimation’? The July 1921 edition of AJP included a report on “an …
Pharmacy in the 50s
Pharmacy historian Ralph Tapping casts his mind back to how pharmacy was practised when he first entered the profession A few weeks ago I was asked to give a fifteen …
Medicine faces a crisis
May 1946: Plans for the socialisation and nationalisation of medical services imperil the future of pharmacy, AJP claims  Far-reaching plans for the nationalisation of medical services in both Australia and …
Chemists are not ‘men of affluence’
May 1921: A pharmacist fights back after the profession comes under attack as being a ‘sordid and soulless scandal’Â Pharmacy was coming under attack from a number of different fronts, …
Untying pharmacy’s Gordian Knot
April 1896: Parliament remains a ‘wayward maiden’ for pharmacist’s seeking to set aside intercolonial legislative differences As Australian was in the process of moving towards it eventual Federation a mere …
“Don’t be misled by Chemists’ shops”
April 1971: Are pharmacists just shopkeepers in the eyes of the public? Parliament hears about the latest developments “The physical appearance of most pharmacies led many people to regard the …
March 1896: PSA predecessor in court over funds dispute
The big news in Australian pharmacy 125 years ago was a court case relating to the construction of a new building for the College of Pharmacy, Melbourne  The Pharmaceutical Society …