Pharmacy History
Diphtheria antitoxin use plummets
It’s 1964 and the times are changing – as are the diseases facing Australians, as the AJP pointed out in an in-depth look at one hospital pharmacy In our September …
Should the ‘chain store menace’ be curbed?
Our September 1934 issue focused on the vexed issue of chain stores, with some calling for governments to step in to limit them We began with commentary from Alan Foley, …
How to survive telephone shopping and video phones
There’s careless whispers coming from Canberra about a potential reduction in the number of pharmacies in Australia, as AJP goes back to the future of the first Guild-Government agreement It’s …
Barbiturate, alcohol warning…and an arsenic retrospective
Barbiturate poisonings on the rise, a proposal to require scripts for the “so-called tranquilising drugs” and a crackdown on arsenic sales – how pharmacy was changing in the 50s The …
Dispensing dwindles in the Depression
It’s 1934, and pharmacists are worried that if doctors keep prescribing proprietary medicines, they will have nothing to do but hand out these remedies The August, 1934 edition of the …
What’s in a name?
Pharmacists were being called to the polls to cast their ballots on a name change for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia in 1904 Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia …
Late-night pharmacies decried as ‘stinkers’
August 1974 was a busy month, with the demise of Drug Houses of Australia and a bad reaction to the new pharmaceutical advertising guidelines, but it was a different issue …
Pharmacies urged to conserve supplies
The year is 1914, the world is at war and pharmacists are preparing for medicine shortages Europe’s imperial powers have come to blows, with Great Britain and Germany going to …
Profession must maintain advantage
It’s July 1964 and pharmacy is held in high esteem, but the pharmacists are warned not to rest on their laurels Positive public perceptions of the pharmacy sector cannot be …
‘If these quantities are exceeded inquiries will be made’
It’s July 1914, and the subject of the day is opium – its restriction to therapeutic use, and that of other narcotics “An important new order has been made by …
Far away hills not a green as they seem
It’s 1924 and while some in the pharmacy sector may be looking jealously at other industries, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy notes other businesses have it tougher The editorial in …
Contraceptives may be advertised
It’s June 1974 and legislation has just passed the Victorian Parliament allowing ‘registered’ contraceptives to be advertised and displayed in pharmacies Under the Bill, the Victorian government contraceptives to be …