Pharmacy History
Flashback Friday: When is a door fastened?
We looked at whether a pharmacy truly counted as being closed when the door remained unlocked, in a legal case from 1966 It’s August 1966, and the Australasian Journal of …
Flashback Friday: Don’t panic
It’s July 1946, and already pharmacists are asking: should codeine products be restricted? “Considerable controversy has taken place in Australia in recent years on the question as to whether codeine …
Flashback Friday: The fatal cough syrup
It’s July 1886, and the AJP complains about the lack of standardisation in certain medicines and the need for “systemic teaching” of pharmacists The brand-new Australasian Journal of Pharmacy covered …
Guild marketing director quits
Resignation leaves the future of the Guild’s marketing division “in the melting pot” It’s July 1976 and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s national marketing director, Tony Wardell, is walking …
Chemists’ annual ball returns
After a lapse of five years, the Chemists’ Annual Ball is back It’s July 1946, and life is returning to pre-World War normality, with the Grace Auditorium hosting the first …
A sideline that ‘fits’
Getting the front-of-shop product offering right is critical to a pharmacy business, just as it was 100 years ago It’s July 1926 and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy’s tip for …
PDL enters new field of service
PDL to assist widows of its members to secure “fair and reasonable” prices for pharmacy businesses It’s June 1956, and moving, on a recommendation from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s …
Chemist fined for sale of medicated wine
Court convicts pharmacist in case that has repercussions for the entire sector It’s June 1942, and Queensland’s community pharmacy network is digesting a ruling made against a Brisbane chemist, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy …
Fake pharmacist busted with cocaine
Unregistered ‘chemist’ ordered to forfeit supplies of cocaine and other dangerous drugs It’s June 1936, and an aspiring pharmacist, William Ernest Pollard, is in the dock after being arrested for “having pretended …
Pharmacist and doctor come to blows
Pharmacist set to face court after attacking a doctor with a riding whip It is June 1886, and the AJP reports that tension between a pharmacist and a doctor in Albury had erupted into a …
Books as a sideline
While business experts are urging pharmacy owners to focus on core product ranges, the message in May 1936 was somewhat different Writing in the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, Western Australian pharmacy owner D Mendelawitz, …
Flashback Friday: Could pharmacists be replaced?
It’s May 1976, and amid our discussions of cutting-edge technology such as data discs for patient records and microfiche, we had a warning for pharmacists “If Australian pharmacists do not …