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NEWSLETTER2020

The official newsletter of

The Internatıonal Socıetyfor the Hıstory of Pharmacy

A FEW WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENTMINUTES OF THE ISHP GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019
ISHP RESEARCH GRANT
IN MEMORIAM: PROF. G. GRIFFENHAGEN
NATIONAL NEWSISHP was founded in 1926. The society is established to form an international centre for handlingall matters of a pharmaceutical historical nature without commercial interests.

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A FEW WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Colleagues,
Last year, our American colleagues organized the44th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy
in Washington, DC. This was an outstanding event, withperfect organization, great hospitality, important
opportunities for networking and sharing scientificresults. Thanks again from my side for the invitation to
Washington, DC, and the great efforts to make themeeting a real success. Our American colleagues also
picked up a very important point in the latest issue of
their journal Pharmacy in History. This special issue wassimply devoted to “The Future”.
A considerable number of colleagues expressed theirthoughts how history of pharmacy may make its way into
the next decades. The statements, mainly given from theperspective of English speaking countries, contain many
aspects worth to think of. Many contributors suggested to
expand the traditional scope of our subject toindustrialized pharmacy, social aspects of drug use,
gender studies and many more. I was asked to commenton that and totally agreed. Additionally, I emphasized that
it will be important to further improve the academic
representation of history in the pharmaceuticalcurriculum. It is evident that history of pharmacy isflourishing where it is an integral part of pharmaceuticaleducation.

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To my experience, a considerable number of pharmacy
students can be interested for history. This is thecommunity the future of pharmaceutical history can bebuilt upon. They are forming the primary audience for ourpresentations and a reservoir for talented scholars
wishing to further qualify. We also believe that history
education may contribute to a better understanding ofprofessional attitudes, responsibility and development,
and it may also help to better understand contemporary
political developments. So far there is little evidence forthis.
So one of the next ISHP projects will be to scientifically
explore the impact history education will have on thepractice of pharmacy. This may not be easy, but we will
try to substantiate this innovative approach until our next
International meeting, which will take place in Milan,
Italy, September 8-11, 2021. We are grateful for every
suggestion in this respect.

Prof. Dr. Axel Helmstädter
ISHP President

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QUELQUES MOTS DU PRÉSIDENT

Mesdames et Messieurs,
L’année dernière, nos collègues américains ont organisé le44ème Congrès international d’histoire de la pharmacie à
Washington, DC. Ce fut un événement exceptionnel,
parfaitement organisé, porté par une grande hospitalité etoffrant de nombreuses possibilités de mise en réseau etd’échange de connaissances scientifiques. De mon côté, je
les remercie encore une fois pour l’invitation à
Washington, DC, et les grands efforts qui ont permis defaire de cet événement un succès. Ce sont également noscollègues américains qui, dans le dernier numéro de leurrevue « Pharmacy in History », ont repris un point très
important pour nous tous ; ce numéro spécial était
consacré à « l’avenir ».
Quelques collègues ont exprimé leurs réflexions sur lamanière dont l’histoire de la pharmacie peut être conduite
dans les prochaines décennies. Leurs positions, rédigées
pour la plupart du point de vue des pays anglophones,
contiennent de nombreux aspects qui méritent d’être
reconsidérés. De nombreux auteurs ont proposé d’élargirle champ traditionnel de travail de l’histoire de lapharmacie, par exemple en ce qui concerne la pharmacie
industrielle, les aspects sociaux de l’utilisation desmédicaments ou les différences entre les sexes.

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On m’a demandé de faire des commentaires à ce sujet etj’ai admis leurs opinions. J’ai toutefois ajouté qu’il sera
important de renforcer encore la place de l’histoire de lapharmacie à l’université. Il est évident que la discipline
prospère là où elle fait partie intégrante del’enseignement pharmaceutique.
D’après mon expérience, une proportion importanted’étudiants en pharmacie peut s’intéresser à l’histoire etconstituer la base sur laquelle l’avenir de l’histoire de lapharmacie peut être construit. Les étudiants qui entrenten contact avec l’histoire tôt dans leurs études forment
plus tard notre public et les disciples les plus talentueux
peuvent ensuite joindre le cercle des historiens de lapharmacie. On peut également supposer qu’unenseignement en histoire ne peut qu’améliorer lesappréciations envers la profession de pharmacien etcontribuer à une meilleure compréhension de sonévolution politique. Nous n’avons toutefois guère depreuves de cela jusqu’à présent.
C’est pourquoi la SIHP souhaite lancer un projet pourétudier l’influence du contenu de la formation historique
sur la pratique pharmaceutique. Ce n’est certainement pas
facile, mais nous tenterons de concrétiser davantage cetteapproche jusqu’à notre prochain congrès, qui aura lieu à
Milan du 8 au 11 septembre 2021. Toutes les suggestions à
cet égard sont les bienvenues.

Prof. Dr. Axel Helmstädter
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EINIGE WORTE DES PRÄSIDENTEN

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,Im letzten Jahr organisierten unsere amerikanischen
Kollegen den 44. Internationalen Kongress für Geschichte
der Pharmazie in Washington, DC. Das war eineherausragende
Veranstaltung,perfekt
organisiert,
getragen von großer Gastfreundschaft und mit vielen
Gelegenheiten zum Netzwerken und zum Austauschwissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse. Vielen Dank nochmals
von meiner Seite für die Einladung nach Washington unddie großen Anstrengungen, die dieses Ereignis zum Erfolg
geführt haben. Unsere amerikanischen Kollegen waren es
auch, die in der letzten Ausgabe ihrer Zeitschrift„Pharmacy in History“ einen für uns alle sehr wichtigen
Punkt aufgegriffen haben.
Diese Spezialausgabe war „der Zukunft“ gewidmet. Einige
Kolleginnen und Kollegen haben ihre Gedanken dazu
ausgedrückt, wie die Pharmaziegeschichte in die nächsten
Jahrzehnte geführt werden kann. Die Statements, meist
ausderPerspektive
englischsprachiger
Ländergeschrieben, enthalten viele Aspekte, die es wert sind,überdacht zu werden. Viele Autoren haben vorgeschlagen,den traditionellen Arbeitsbereich der Pharmaziegeschichte zu erweitern, beispielsweise hinsichtlich derindustrialisierten Pharmazie, sozialen Aspekten desArzneimittelgebrauchs oder geschlechter-spezifischen
Unterschieden.

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Ich wurde gebeten, das zu kommentieren und konnte alldem zustimmen. Ich habe aber ergänzt, dass es wichtig
sein wird, die akademische Repräsentation der
Pharmaziegeschichte
weiterzu
stärken.
Es
istoffensichtlich, dass das Fach dort gedeiht, wo es
integraler Bestandteil der pharmazeutischen Ausbildung
ist.
Nach meiner Erfahrung kann ein beachtlicher Teil der
Pharmaziestudierenden für Geschichte interessiert
werden. Das bildet die Basis, auf der die Zukunft derPharmaziegeschichte
aufgebautwerdenkann.
Studierende, sie in frühen Jahren mit Geschichte in
Berührung kommen, bilden später das Auditorium fürunsere Studien und talentierte Kollegen können sichweiter qualifizieren. Man kann auch annehmen, dass eine
historische
Ausbildung
dieEinstellungzum
Apothekerberuf verbessern kann und dazu beiträgt,
politische Entwicklungen besser zu verstehen. Hierfür
gibt es aber bisher wenig Evidenz.
Vor diesem Hintergrund möchte die IGGP ein Projekt
initiieren, um den Einfluss historischer Ausbildungsinhalte auf die pharmazeutische Praxis zu erforschen. Das
ist sicherlich nicht einfach, aber wir versuchen, diesen
Ansatz bis zu unserem nächsten Kongress, der vom 8. bis
11. September 2021 in Mailand stattfinden wird, weiter zu
konkretisieren. Wir sind dankbar für alle Anregungen indieser Hinsicht.

Prof. Dr. Axel Helmstädter
IGGP-Präsident

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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WASHINGTON, DC, 2019

September 7, 2019, 15:30-16:30 pm
Capital Hilton Hotel, Federal AB, Washington, DC, USA
Participants: 33 members
1. Welcome address by the president; quorum
The president Prof. Dr. Axel Helmstädter welcomed the members.
2. Approval of the agenda
All members approved the proposed agenda.
3. Reports
President, Treasurer, Examiners of account and commissioners (FIP commissioner,
internet commissioner, social media commissioner, the ISHP Newsletter editor)
3.1. Report of the President: Prof. Axel Helmstädter informed about the good progresswith Pharmaceutical Historian, as a joint publication of the International Society for theHistory of Pharmacy (ISHP) and British Society for the History of Pharmacy (BSHP). He
reminded about the agreement between the ISHP Select Executive Committee and
BSHP in re-launching the British journal Pharmaceutical Historian as a joint international
journal with the former title. To indicate its internationality, the words “An International
Journal for the History of Pharmacy” follow the title, and it has the logos of both societieson the front cover. Within the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS),
the Networking Group History of Pharmacy was formed. The members of this group are
Axel Helmstädter (Germany), Christa Kletter (Austria), Halil Tekiner (Turkey), Szabolcs
Dobson (Hungary), Stefan Wulle (Germany) François Ledermann (Switzerland), and Sabine
Bernschneider-Reif (Germany). So far, the main project would be to organize a presymposium before the opening of the EUFEPS Conferences devoted to the historical andcurrent situation of pharmacy in the host country. Next conference will be hosted in
Sweden, June 2021. The results of the ISHP survey within the member societies were
presented showing that the world is steadily declining. In the future it would be important
to stay attractive for younger and new members. A variety of suggestions concerning
future ISHP Projects were presented. On behalf of the ISHP, Dr. Helmstädter as president
attended several international meetings and scientific symposiums in Germany andencourages all members to organize joint meeting of practical pharmacists andpharmaceutical historians. Exchange good practice examples from different countries
within ISHP network was pointed out and stressed.

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3.2. Treasurer: Dr. Axel Schneider sent a detailed report on the ISHP’s financial situationand future plans. It was presented by Axel Helmstädter because Dr. Axel Schneider could
not attend the meeting.
3.3. Auditors: Dr. Ursula Hirter-Trüb (Switzerland) and Dr. Tanja Lidy (Germany) had
audited the treasurers bookkeeping and were totally satisfied. The report was presented
by Dr. Ursula Hirter-Trüb.
3.4. FIP commissioner: The ISHP was represented in the history sessions of theInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Congresses, organized by Dr. Jacques
Gravé, this year in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, 22-26 September 2019), as
successfully as in the previous year in Glasgow (United Kingdom 2-6 September2018). For many years the ISHP has been supporting the “FIP Working Group on the
History of Pharmacy” so that the History of Pharmacy will be presented annually at the
FIP Congress. Dr. Gravé will continue to organize history sessions for the FIP meetings,
the next meeting will be in Sevilla (Spain).
3.5. Internet commissioner: Dr. Stefan Wulle reported on the continuing growth of theoral presentations database and digitizing the issues of Pharmaceutical Historian andother services presented at the ISHP website (http://histpharm.org/pharmaceuticalhistorian/). He offered to continue to digitize all the issues of the Pharmaceutical
Historian. As of September 2019, the database has 3659 entries. Most active countries
have been Germany, UK, USA, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, and Austria.
On average 260 talks are given each year. Dr. Wulle kindly invited all members to notify
him of interesting congresses, presentations and websites. He could be contacted
at info@histpharm.org.
3.6. Social media commissioner: Dr. Nina Thune, as Social Media commissioner for the
ISHP reported that in September 2017, the ISHP Facebook page started and had many
followers so far. Dr. Nina Thune reported about the efforts to make the activities of the
ISHP members internationally more visible and more accepted in this respect. It wasplanned to enhance these activities in the future.
3.7. Newsletter Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil Tekiner presented his report about the ISHP
Newsletter and kindly asked the committee members to send their reports by the end of
the year. The Newsletter has been issued regularly and has become available online atsociety’s website: www.histpharm.org, under the Publications section. The ISHP
Newsletter has undergone several developments in recent years. The number of national
reports and the newsletter’s total number of pages have increased significantly.

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4. Approval of the reports
The reports were unanimously approved.
5. Approval of the treasurer bookkeeping and financial planning for 2020/2021
The reports are unanimously approved. All members approved the treasurer’s bookkeeping.
All members approved the treasurer’s financial planning 2020/21.
6. Admission of retirement of the Selected Executive Committee 2016/2017
All the committee members admitted the retirement of the following members of theSelected Executive committee for 2016/2017. President: Christa Kletter (Austria); VicePresidents:

Bruno

Bonnemain(France);

Halil

Tekiner(Turkey);

Axel

Helmstädter

(Germany); Treasurer: Axel Schneider (Germany); Secretary General: Dušanka Krajnović(Serbia), Assessors: Greg Higby (USA); Szablocs Dobson (Hungary).
7. Confirmation of the elections
The elections made by the Extended Executive Committee were unanimously confirmed.
All the GA members accepted their elections. Select Executive Committee members for
2020/2021: President: Axel Helmstädter (Germany), Vice-Presidents: Bruno Bonnemain(France), Halil Tekiner (Turkey), Vilma Gudiene (Lithuania), Secretary General: Dušanka
Krajnović (Serbia), Treasurer: Kathrin Bosse-Bringewatt (Germany), Assessors: Greg Higby(USA) and Szablocs Dobson (Hungary). Auditors for 2020/2021: Tanja Lidy (Germany);
Ursula Hirter-Trüb (Switzerland).
8. Research Grant
Last year, ISHP initially did not receive any application for the ISHP Research Grant.
Because there was considerable interest some months later the committee decided to reopen the application period. So by the end of 2018, the research grant was awarded to
Samaneh Soleymani; PhD candidate of Traditional Pharmacy in the Department of
Traditional Pharmacy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, for his project“Classification of Persian and Arabic pharmaceutical books and treaties in Islamic
civilization (8th to 18th century CE)”. The successful candidate, Mr. Samaneh Soleymani
was unable to attend the congress due to some visa issues between America and Iran. So
he could not describe his project during the ISHP General Assembly on September 7, 2019or at another opportunity during the International Congress for the History of Pharmacy(ICHP) held in Washington, DC. After the project has been completed, ISHP needs to be
informed in detail about the results (e.g., a comprehensive report, reprints of publications).
Until a project is completed, interim reports have to be sent to ISHP every December. It
was decided to continue sponsoring research projects and to try to better advertise thispossibility of getting research of international relevance sponsored. Proposals for the 2021
ISHP Fellowship may be sent in English language to the ISHP General Secretary by the endof August 2020.

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New members for the ISHP fellowship committee were nominated by the SelectExecutive Committee, and according to the statute they must be representatives from atleast four different nations. They were Oliver Lafont, (France), Stuart Anderson (UK),
Anita

Magowska(Poland),

Axel

Helmstädter

(Germany),andDušankaKrajnović (Serbia). This committee will be also tasked to propose new ways of publicize
and promote the scholarship in order to attract more candidates. Detailed information
on sponsoring one research project of international relevance can be foundat http://histpharm.org/ishp-research-fellowship.
9. Working group “Pharmacopoeias”: Status quo and future
Prof. François Lederman informed about the progress of the working group on theinternational history of pharmacopoeias, which developed 25 results from 22 countries
published on the society’s website. This collection forms a solid basis for the discussion
about pharmacopeias at the Washington conference.
10. Pharmaceutical HistorianProf. Stuart Anderson was unable to attend the General Assembly due to a sick leave, so
president of the ISHP informed the participants about the Pharmaceutical Historian, ajoint publication of the ISHP and BSHP. It is an international, peer-reviewed, open accessjournal, whose first issues appeared in 1967 and since then it aimed to promote historicalstudies related to pharmacy, the advancement of knowledge and propagation ofunderstanding of the history of pharmacy and publication of the research work ofpharmaceutical historians. The agreement between ISHP and BSHP dated 1 January 2017,is related to the three years period of publishing the Pharmaceutical Historian, andwould be renewed. Although Pharmaceutical Historian lost listing in the PubMed
database, it is still listing at many databases specialized in pharmacy, like Embase,
Scopus, and PubPharm.
11. Congresses 2021, 2023 and beyond
Next Congress will be held in Milano (Italy) in September 2021. For 2023, there is alreadyan unofficial application from Belgrade (Serbia) and Tehran (Iran). Official propositions
from the candidates are still being accepted and a final decision will be made by the
Select Executive Committee at the end of the year 2019.
12. Any other business
There were no further proposals. The meeting ended at 16.30 pm.
Prof. Dr. Axel Helmstädter

Prof. Dr. Dušanka Krajnović

ISHP President

ISHP General Secretary
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WEL C OME BA K TO THE GR İ ND
ISHP RESEARCH GRANTCThe ISHP will continue to support pharmaceutical history research
proposals of international relevance and will welcome proposals for2021. The grant is primarily, but not exclusively, intended for

The International
Society for theacademic projects. Proposals for the 2021 ISHP Fellowship grantHistory of Pharmacy

must be sent by email, in English language to the ISHP General(ISHP) is again
awarding a research

Secretary by August 31, 2020.

grant for 2500 Euro
The proposal must include:

in total.

a detailed description of the research project which is usually but
not necessarily done at an academic institution,a detailed discussion of the project’s relevance in terms ofinternationality,·a curriculum vitae of the applicant,a confirmation that the applicant is a member of ISHP issued byhis national organization,a list of former research projects and publications of theapplicant,a letter of recommendation from a senior academic teacher,a detailed list of expenses expected (i.e., costs for traveling,obtaining literature).
The proposals will be judged by a fellowship committee comprised of
the

ISHP

President,

the

ISHP

GeneralSecretary

and

three

distinguished scientists in the field of pharmaceutical history,
nominated by the Select Executive Committee.
A successful applicant is obliged to describe the project during the
ISHP

GeneralAssemblyor

another

opportunity

duringtheInternational Congress for the History of Pharmacy held in the year
2021. After the project has been completed, ISHP needs to be
informed in detail about the results (e.g., a comprehensive report,
reprints of publications) until the project is completed, and interim
reports have to be sent to ISHP every year in December.

Prof. Dr. Dušanka Krajnović
ISHP General Secretary
dusica.krajnovic@pharmacy.bg.ac.rs

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IN MEMORIAMGEORGE GRIFFENHAGEN (1924-2019)

George Griffenhagen, one of the leading figures in thefield of pharmacy history during the second half of thetwentieth century, died on November 21, 2019, at age 95.
Mr. Griffenhagen was a member of the American Instituteof the History of Pharmacy (AIHP) since 1949. He hadserved in numerous leadership positions at the Institute,
including president, for more than 50 years.
In September 2019, AIHP honored Mr. Griffenhagen with
the Robert P. Fischelis Award for his decades of support
for the Institute and his many contributions to the field of
the history of pharmacy. Mr. Griffenhagen received theaward at the 44th International Congress for the Historyof Pharmacy in Washington, DC, on September 7.
In bestowing the award, AIHP’s Board of Directors cited
Mr. Griffenhagen’s decades of service to the Institute, hisrole in raising the profile of AIHP within the pharmacy
profession, and his many contributions to the field ofpharmacy history.
W. Clarke Ridgway, AIHP’s President, offered the following
tribute to Mr. Griffenhagen:Pharmacy historians across the US and around the world today
grieve the loss of one of the giants of the field. Throughout his longand distinguished career George Griffenhagen energeticallypromoted any and all facets of the history of his beloved
profession. His encyclopedic knowledge of the tools of theapothecary has enlightened generations of students, pharmacists,
curators, collectors, researchers and writers. His passion fordisseminating an understanding the organizational, educational
and legal development of the profession of pharmacy have inspired
innumerable practitioners and historians for over seven decades.

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A 1949 graduate of the University of Southern California,
School of Pharmacy, Mr. Griffenhagen had a long anddistinguished career as a pharmacist, editor, American
Pharmacists Association (APhA) executive, and historian ofpharmacy. During his almost 40-year career at AphA, he
served in a variety of positions, including Managing Editor(1959-61) and Editor (1962-76) of the Journal of theAmerican Pharmaceutical Association.
He later served as APhA’s Director of International
Relations. After his retirement in 1989, he was named as
APhA’s Honorary President (1990-91). He was awarded theRemington Honor Medal in 1991 for his distinguishedservice to the pharmacy profession. He was also anhonorary member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Throughout his long career, Mr. Griffenhagen actively
pursued his deep interest in all aspects of the history ofpharmacy. His research generated a steady 50-year
stream of monographs, books and articles, startingwith The Story of California Pharmacy (1950) and The
Oregon Trail of Pharmacy (with William Felter in 1952),
and continuing until 1999 with History of Drug Containers
and Their Labels (with Mary Bogard). He received AIHP’s
Edward Kremers Award in 1969 for a series of ten articles,
entitled “Tools of the Apothecary,” published in 1956 in
the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
He was inducted into the International Academy for theHistory of Pharmacy on the basis of his many
contributions to the history of pharmacy.
A memorial service for Mr. Griffenhagen was held at the
APhA on December 16. He was buried in the Quantico
Military Cemetery, in Quantico, Virginia.
Dr. Dennis Birke
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

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NATIONAL NEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
AUSTRIA – ÖSTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT
FÜR GESCHICHTE DER PHARMAZIE

Andreas Winkler

mail@stadtapotheke-winkler.at

The Austrian Society for the History of Pharmacy, like many similar societies, issuffering from a slow but steady decline in membership. If there are occasional
new members to be welcomed, this can hardly compensate for the departures.
For young pharmacists, dealing with the history of pharmacy does not seem tobring any “visible” benefit, which of course scientific societies also feel.
Some other activities are available from posts on the Facebook page by Franz
Biba: https://www.facebook.com/pharmaziegeschichte/
Selected publications:Franz Biba: Lieferschwierigkeiten im 19. Jahrhundert. Aus der Geschichte derBlutegeltherapie. Österreichische Apotheker-Zeitung 73 (2019), S. 60-61.
Franz Biba: Pharmazie trifft Bibliophilie. Verborgene Schätze in der Kammerbibliothek.
Österreichische Apotheker-Zeitung 73 (2019), S. 86-87.
Franz

Biba:

Felix

Gulielmo.

Mit

Musik

zur

Apotheke.

Zur

Geschichte

derKlosterapotheke Kremsmünster. Österreichische Apotheker-Zeitung 73 (2019), S. 104105.
ThomasLangebner:

Some

like

it

hot

-

Vom

Pain-ExpellerundseinenVorläufern. Geschichte der Pharmazie 71 (2019), S. 40-57.
Thomas Langebner: “… die Furch vor selber ganz zu bannen” Über Dr. Bastlers
Choleratropfen. Geschichte der Pharmazie 70 (2018), S. 53-62.
Thomas Langebner / Christian Lampl: Two early descriptions of restless legs
syndrome by J. Astruc (1736) and M.A. Weikard (1796) Neurology 91 (2018), S. 786-789.
Thomas Langebner: Der Elefant fraß Pflaumenmus. Mit Lukutate herrlich verjüngt.
Geschichte der Pharmazie 70 (2018), S. 12-23.

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BELARUS – BELARUS CLUB OF THE HISTORY OF
PHARMACY

Valentina Sosonkina
org@pharma.by

Members of the Belarus Club of the History of Pharmacy participated in nineinternational historical forums and presented the following reports on different
topics:1. “Military activity of pharmacists during the Great Patriotic War” (April 18, Minsk,
Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War)
2. “Fathers and children: The Gabrilovich Family of pharmacists private vs socialized
pharmacy in Russia” (September 7, Washington, DC). The report was prepared by
Mary Schaffer Conroy, Emeritus Professor, History and Valentina Sosonkina,
Chairman of the Club of the History of Pharmacy.
3. “Peculiarities of the organization of pharmaceutical business in Western Belarus(1921-1940)” (September 20, Minsk, Institute of History of the National Academy of
Sciences of Belarus).
4. “Medical support for the population and medical institutions of the Mstislavl
regioninthe

RussianEmpire”(September

26,

Mstislavl,

HistoricalandArchaeological Museum).
5. “Deliveries by the American Administration of Medicines and Medical Objects toBelarus in 1922-1923” (October 18, Minsk, Institute of History of the National
Academy Of Sciences of Belarus). The report was prepared by Mary Schaffer Conroy
and Valentina Sosonkina.“The image of Pharmacy of David Sheiba in Minsk (XVIII c.)
in Belarussian art works” (15 November, Vilnius University), and two other reports.
Moreover, seven articles on the history of pharmacy in Belarus were prepared,
which have been published in the scientific and practical journal Recipe and thenewspaper of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, Meditsinskiy
Vestnik. Regarding the organized events, within the framework of the conference
dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the formation of the pharmaceutical faculty of
Vitebsk State Medical University (October 31, Vitebsk).
The event “Keep the History of Pharmacy Together”: Participants of the event
were first year students of the Pharmaceutical Department of Belarusian State
Medical University. (December 26, Minsk). As a result of competition Best Essay on
the History of Pharmacy Prizes were awarded among the first year students.

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Young specialists of pharmacy organizations and students of educational
institutions of Belarus visited many museums, where historical expositions on
medicine and pharmacy are constantly operating.
Traditionally, by The New year, an exhibition “Designer Christmas Tree” wasopened at one of the alleys of the Zhiber Park in Grodno. The Tree, stylishly
decorated with pharmacy utensils and prescriptions, adorned the alley.

Exposition in the Museum of the History

The event “Keep the History ofof the Great Patriotic War, Minsk.

Pharmacy Together”

Exposition “Pharmacist entrepreneur

Museum in the Pharmacy № 88 RUP

Kazimir Padzderski” (September 13,“Belpharmatsiya”

Historical and Ethnographic Museum of(November 26, Minsk)

Gorki, Mogilev region).

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BENELUX - KRING VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN
DE PHARMACIE IN BENELUX / CERCLE BENELUXD’HISTOIRE DE LA PHARMACIE / CIRCLE FOR
THE HISTORY OF PHARMACY IN BENELUX

Wouter Klein

info@kringbenelux.eu

The Circle’s yearly conference took place in Bruges in Belgium on May 18 and 19. The
conference was organized mainly by Flemish board members, Evelien Vanden Bergheand Bob Vanhaverbeke, in a pleasant meeting room of the Novotel Bruges in the city
center. On Saturday, there were presentations about the history of apothecaries from
Bruges (Bob Vanhaverbeke), about the restoration process of Bruges’ oldest private
apothecary shop (Anja Neskens), about the history of the unicorn (Romain
Vanhautekerke) and about the global trade in medicines in the early modern period(Wouter

Klein).

On

Sunday,

there

were

presentations

about

the history of the apothecary shop of pharmacist Van deVijvere in Bruges (MarieChristine Desmet) and about Charles of Sint-Omaars, the 16th-century nobleman who
owned a famous botanical garden and was in touch with the botanists like
Clusius and Lobelius (Jacques de Groote). Prior to the conference, a city walk wasorganized under the guidance of Marie-Christine Desmet, which led among other thing
to the 17th-century apothecary shop of St. John’s Hospital.
During the General Meeting, Guy De Munck resigned his duties as secretary of theCircle. The chairman of the board spoke laudatory words to express our gratitude to
Guy for all the work he has done as a board member since 1987. His tasks
were taken over by Peter van den Hooff (membershipadministration) and Wouter Klein(secretary). The composition of the board remained the same with four Dutch and four
Flemish members.
In 2019, the Circle published one bulletin, with articles about the history ofadulterations in early modern pharmacy; about the archive of 20th-century
promotional material for new drugs, held by the Royal Dutch Society for the
Advancementof

Pharmacy(KNMP);

about

unknown

apothecaries

from

late

medieval Burgundy; andabout the 18th-century poet-apothecary Kornelis Elzevier.
Furthermore,theCirclepublished

three

digitalnewsletterswith

updatesaboutpublications, exhibitions and events about the history of pharmacy, in and beyond the
Benelux. The Circle’s website, www.kringbenelux.eu, is visited regularly. The bright green
logo of the Circle is consistently used on all media, which makes the Circle visible andrecognizable

for

all

those

interestedinpharmaceutical

history.

In

2020,

the

Circle will again publish several newsletters and bulletins. The yearly conference will takeplace in Bussum, The Netherlands, on May 16-17.

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CANADA – SOCIÉTÉ QUÉBÉCOISE D’HISTOIRE DE
LA PHARMACIEJean Lefebvre
Jean.Lefebvre@pha.ulaval.ca

2019 was one of the transition years for the Société Québécoise d’Histoire de la
Pharmacie (SQHP), opening a new chapter in the short but already rich history of
our society founded in 2012. A new leadership team took over at our Annual
General Meeting in June 2019. As the new President of the Board of Directors, andon behalf of the SQHP members, it was my pleasure to express our sincere thanks
to our Past-President, Marie Caron, for her enthusiasm and commitment towards
the Society over the past two years.
A new three-year strategic plan has been adopted for the Society. This plan aims
essentially at increasing our visibility internationally and at strengthening our
relationships with external partners. The Society will continue to focus on thefollowing activities:
An annual program of conferences and events for the SQHP members,
The publication of scientific and popular articles in the journal PharmacoPolis,
A collection of material, books, and artifacts, which today comprises of nearly
three thousand listed objects.
In addition, the SQHP will maintain its academic mission, offering students inpharmacy and from other disciplines training courses on pharmacy history. With
this respect, the SQHP invites universities and other institutions interested indeveloping collaborations with the Society itself or with the Faculty of Pharmacy
of Laval University to communicate with us at: SQHP@pha.ulaval.ca
Events: Exhibition “Venenum, A Poisoned World”, Musée de la Civilisation deQuébec, January 25 to April 5, 2020 (https://www.mcq.org/fr/exposition?
id=761486): Located at the crossroads of disciplines, this exhibition designed andproduced by the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France, and adapted by the
Musée de la Civilisation de Québec, combines collections from the life and earthsciences

and

from

humanities.

Visualarts,

documentaries,

multimedia

presentations and living species all mix and interact with ethnographic andnatural science collections. The SQHP is a proud collaborator of this important
exhibition with the supply of artifacts from its collection.

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Conference: “History of the Plants” given by Professor Alain Asselin of the
Department of Phytology of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences of Laval
University, March 1, 2020 at the Musée-Hôtel des Premières Nations in Wendake,
Quebec, Canada. Co-author of a series of four books on Canadian plants and,most particularly, on the rich and emblematic Laurentian flora which was the
subject of a major work published in 1935 by Brother Marie Victorin, Professor
Asselin presented the main Canadian figures who played a role in botany inQuebec for the period between 1867 and 1935.
Recent publications:
Alain Asselin, Jacques Cayouette. Curieuses Histoires de Plantes du Canada
1867-1935. Tome 4. Les éditions du Septentrion, 272 pages. Illustrated. 2019.
ISBN PDF : 9782897910921; Paper: 9782897910914.
PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie 2019, No.6, 59
pages. Illustrated. ISSN 2291-3675.
Publications from our Pharm D students:
Langelier, David. La Riodine. PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la
Pharmacie 2019, No.6, pp 19-23.
Lemire,Élysabeth.

FernandLacombe,un

Pharmaciend’Exception. PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie
2019. No.6, pp 24-28.
Tessier, Jean-Philippe. La Tonisedine: Tonique ou Sédatif? PharmacoPolis:
Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie 2019. No.6, pp 28-33.

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La SQHP entame un nouveau chapitre de sa courte histoire amorcée en 2012 etl’année 2019-2020 en cours en sera une de transition. A son assemblée générale
de juin 2019, le conseil d’administration a été renouvelé et les membres ont
adressé leurs plus sincères remerciements à la présidente sortante, Madame
Marie Caron, pour l’excellence de son travail durant les 2 dernières années.
La nouvelle planification stratégique triennale qui a été récemment déposée parle conseil d’administration vise essentiellement à accroitre la visibilité de laSociété au plan international et à accroître ses relations avec les partenariats
externes. Pour se faire, la Société misera sur ses trois grands secteurs d’activités
à savoir :l’offre d’une programmation de conférences et d’événements de qualité à ses
membres tout au long de l’année,la publication d’articles scientifiques et de vulgarisation par le biais de sa revue« PharmacoPolis »,la mise en valeur de la collection de la Société qui comprend près de 3 000
objets et artéfacts répertoriés.
De plus, la SQHP maintiendra sa mission académique en offrant à des étudiants
en pharmacie et d’autres disciplines des stages de formation sur l’histoire de lapharmacie. A cet égard, la SQHP invite les institutions universitaires intéressées à
développer des collaborations avec la SQHP et avec la Faculté de pharmacie del’Université Laval à communiquer avec elle au : SQHP@pha.ulaval.ca.
Exposition:
Civilisation« Venenum, un monde empoisonné » présentée au Musée de ladeQuébecdu25

janvier(https://www.mcq.org/fr/exposition?id=761486).

au

5

avril

2020

Située à la croisée desdisciplines, cette exposition conçue et réalisée par le musée des Confluences deLyon en France, et adaptée par le Musée de la Civilisation de Québec, conjugue
des collections issues des sciences de la Vie et de la Terre et des sciences
humaines. Arts visuels, documentaires, dispositifs multimédias et espèces
vivantes se côtoient et dialoguent avec les collections ethnographiques et desciences naturelles. La SQHP collabore fièrement à la tenue de cette importante
exposition en fournissant des objets de sa collection.

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Conférence: « Histoire des plantes » présentée par le Professeur Alain
Asselin du Département de Phytologie de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture
et de l’Alimentation de l’Université Laval, le 1er mars 2020 au Musée-Hôtel desPremières

NationsdeWendake,

Québec,Canada.

Co-auteurd’unesérie de quatre livres portant sur les plantes du Canada et, notamment, sur lariche et emblématique Flore Laurentienne qui a fait l’objet d’un ouvraged’importance publié par le Frère Marie Victorin en 1935, le Professeur Asselin aprésenté les principaux personnages s’étant intéressé à la botanique du Québec
au cours de la période s’étendant de 1867 à 1935.
Récentes publications :Alain Asselin et Jacques Cayouette. Curieuses histoires de plantes du Canada
1867-1935. tome 4. Les éditions du Septentrion, 272 pages, illustré. 2019. ISBNPDF : 9782897910921; Papier : 9782897910914.·
PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie 2019. No.6, 59
pages, illustré. ISSN 2291-3675.
Publications de nos étudiants en formation initiale en pharmacie :Langelier, David. La Riodine. PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire dela Pharmacie 2019, No.6, pp 19-23.
Lemire,Élysabeth.

FernandLacombe,un

Pharmaciend’Exception. PharmacoPolis: Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie
2019. No.6, pp 24-28.
Tessier, Jean-Philippe. La Tonisedine: Tonique ou Sédatif? PharmacoPolis:
Revue de la Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie 2019. No.6, pp 28-33.

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Madame Marie Caron, Présidentesortante de la Société Québécoised’Histoire de la Pharmacie

Professeur Alain Asselin, Conférencier
et co-auteur des livres « Curieuses
histoires de plantes du Canada ».

Pièces de la collection de la SQHP - Exposition Venenum, un monde empoisonnédu Musée de la Civilisation de Québec, Canada.

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CZECHIA – THE SECTION OF HISTORY OF
PHARMACY OF THE CZECH PHARMACEUTICALSOCIETY
Jan Babica
babica@faf.cuni.cz

In 2019, the Section of History of Pharmacy of the Czech Pharmaceutical Society,in cooperation with other institutions, organized two traditional conferences.
The 66th Symposium for the History of Pharmacy was held at the Czech
Pharmaceutical Museum in Kuks on May 18.
Papers covered a wide spectrum of topics. The opening lecture delivered by Prof.
J. Květina, the first dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Charles University in
Hradec Králové, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, focused on thedevelopment of pharmacy university education in the Czech lands.
Other lectures were focused on drugs available, pharmacists, and pharmacy
services in the Theresienstadt Ghetto (1941-1945), mass-produced medicines
manufactured by Fragner’s Black Eagle Pharmacy in Prague, pharmacy and healthcare in female monasteries in the early modern period and other topics.
The 67th Symposium for the History of Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine took
place at the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno on
November 6. Authors presented the Dr. Věříš collection of apothecary jars andother pharmaceutical artefacts acquired by the Czech Pharmaceutical Museum
which was transferred from Switzerland in 2019, history of university pharmaciesofUniversityofVeterinary

andPharmaceutical

Sciences

Brno,

Liquorpolychrestus in writings of Ján Justus Torkoš, for instance. It was our pleasure tohost speakers also from Slovakia.
The abstracts of both symposia were published in number 6 of Czech and Slovak
Pharmacy, year 2019. Czech and Slovak Pharmacy, a journal of the Czech
Pharmaceutical Society and Slovak Pharmaceutical Society covered by Scopus
database, accepts also articles focused on history of pharmacy in Czech, Slovak,
and English languages. For more information, see:https://www.prolekare.cz/en/journals/czech-and-slovakpharmacy/informace.

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Members of our society also participated at the 44th International Congress for
the History of Pharmacy in Washington, DC, delivering a short lecture, “The Klan
Case – Pharmaceutical Quality Control as a Tool of Repression in Totalitarian
Czechoslovakia,” and presenting a poster, “EXPERTA – Czechoslovak nongovernmental organisation for drug control, 1933-1948.”
It is also worth to mention that the Czech Pharmaceutical Museum, whichcollaborates intensively with our society, has restored and digitized an 18thcentury manuscript Lustgärtlein. This manuscript was described on the poster
The HK-SR-1 pharmaceutical-botanical manuscript from the 18th century,
presented at the 43rd ICHP in Warsaw. The manuscript is now available to wide
public at the following website:
http://www.manuscriptorium.com/en/node/27840.
In 2020, we will continue with our effort to develop history of pharmacy inCzechia by organizing the traditional symposia and other activities.

Pages from the 18th century manuscript Lustgärtlein

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DENMARK – DANISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORYOF PHARMACY

Poul R. Kruse
pk@dfhf.dk

The Danish Society for the History of Pharmacy and the Danish Foundation of theHistory of Pharmacy held the annual “Pharmacy History Day” on October 7, 2019
in the Danish Collection of the History of Pharmacy at Pharmakon a/s in Hillerød.
The program included the annual general meeting of the society and a lecture by
MSc. Pharm. Gunna Würtzen with the title “Farmaceutuddannelsen – en vej til
forunderlige karrierer belyst ved eksempler fra en tid som farmaceut i den danske
og internationale fødemiddelindustri” (The pharmacist’s education – a way tostrange careers illustrated by examples from a time as pharmacist in the Danish
and international food industry).
In 2019, the following pharmaceutical historical publication was issued:
Theriaca; vol 45. Hillerød: The Danish Society for the History of Pharmacy, 2019.
Contents:
Jørgen V. Grevsen & Poul R. Kruse: Th. Fallesen-Schmidt. Supplement til dansklægemiddelindustris første frugter – 2. (Th. Fallesen-Schmidt. Supplement toearly achievements of the Danish pharmaceutical industry – 2).
Jens

Soelberg:

Dansk

Vestindienog

Guldkystens

glemtelægeplanter.

(Forgotten medicinal plants of the Danish Westindies and the Gold Coast).
Hans-Otto Loldrup: ”Rejs på professionen”. Danske farmaceuter på apotek i
Schweiz 1900-1920. (Danish pharmacists at pharmacies in Switzerland 19001920).
Poul R. Kruse: Gamle apotekerbøger med prydelige titelillustrationer. (Oldpharmacy books with ornamental frontispieces).

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FRANCE – SOCIÉTÉ D’HISTOIRE DE LA
PHARMACIE
Bruno Bonnemain
bruno.bonnemain@shp-asso.org

The French Society of the History of Pharmacy (Société d’Histoire de la
Pharmacie, SHP) has had a very active 2019 year, as usual. Our two
communication tools (our journal Revue d’Histoire de la Pharmacie and Internet
site www.shp-asso.org) were quite productive. Our web site has been publishing
every month a temporary exhibition for 10 years (we are now at the130th exhibit), the last ones being related to the history of drugs, on one hand,
and the advertising of medicines in the Almanach du Miroir des Sports (19281940).
Concerning our journal Revue d’Histoire de la Pharmacie, it is accessible via
Internet starting from 1913 up to 2013 (only the tables of contents for 2014 to2017). This year, our journal has published 23 studies and close to 650 pages. As
every year, the French Society of the History of Pharmacy with Maurice BouvetHenri Bonnemain Family gave a prize under the partnership with the French
Academy of Pharmacy. This year the Prize was given to Bastien Delattre for histhesis defended in Nantes (France) that can be translated as “Contribution to theHistory of Faculty of Pharmacy of Nantes: Full Exercise School of Medicine andPharmacy during the First World War” (Contribution à l’Histoire de l’UFR desSciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Nantes : l’Ecole de Plein Exercice deMédecine et de Pharmacie pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale). The role ofpharmacists during that war has been studied several times, but the history of
School of Pharmacy as well as specific history of individuals (teachers andstudents) are not so well known.
We have also had four meetings where 21 oral presentations were made on
various subjects. One of them, in Lille (France), was an opportunity to visit the
botanical garden and the herbarium, as well as the Lotar’s pharmacy, inside theFaculty of Pharmacy. We have seen also the Museum Hospice Comtesse and thefamous banner of the Community of apothecaries from Lille. Finally, we went to
the Pasteur’s Museum where Professor Bourel-Bonnet gave a lecture on BCG
vaccine through its inventors: Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.

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Finally, several members of the French Society of the History of Pharmacy werepart of congresses, meetings, and teaching courses in France and other countries.
A particularly important meeting was the International Congress for the Historyof Pharmacy in Washington, DC, where four presentations were made bymembers of the French society. During the congress, the International Academyof the History of Pharmacy meeting was an opportunity for Olivier Lafont to give
the French Parmentier’s medal to Gregory Higby.
In 2020, we will continue to promote actively history of pharmacy with a firstmeeting in Paris, on March 25, 2020. Other meetings will take place in June,
September (in Florence, Italia), November and December 2020.
In addition, the year 2020 is an opportunity to celebrate the discovery of quinine
by Pelletier and Caventou in 1820. Three meetings will take place in Paris on thesubject. First, at the Val-de-Grâce Army’s Health Service School, a first meeting
will be organized by military pharmacists on May 12, 2020, with an exhibit. A
second meeting will take place in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris, on June 26,
2020, also with an exhibit. Finally, a last meeting will be organized by the FrenchSociety of the History of Pharmacy on October 28, 2020.
In addition, we have to emphasize the fourth year of a history of pharmacy course
in Paris, Paris-Descartes University, with the active involvement of the FrenchSociety of the History of Pharmacy. It will be run within the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Visits and case studies will be organized as well. The teaching will be done bymembers of the SHP.
Please inform of this activity open to everyone, young students, working or
retiredpeople,historiansofsciences,

writers,

pharmacists

and

non-

pharmacists… Register yourself or ask your friends to register! We are also givinga course to the pharmacy students in Lyon and to the public in Paris.

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La Société d’Histoire de la Pharmacie (SHP) vécut une année 2019 toujours très
active. Les deux organes de communication de la SHP : la « Revue d’Histoire de la
Pharmacie » et le site Internet www.shp-asso.org

ont, tous les deux, étédynamiques. Notre site publie tous les mois depuis 10 ans une exposition
temporaire (130ème exposition en cours), les dernières ayant porté sur« L’histoire de l’usage des plantes médicinales » et sur « Les publicités
pharmaceutiques dans le l’Almanach du Miroir des sports (1928-1940) ».
En ce qui concerne la Revue, elle est toujours accessible sur Internet sur la basede données Persée, jusqu’à l'année 2013 (seuls les sommaires sont accessibles
entre 2014 et 2017). Au cours de l’année 2018, notre Revue a fait paraître 23 études
et aura un volume global de près de 650 pages. Comme chaque année, la SHP
avec la famille Maurice Bouvet-Henri Bonnemain a doté un prix remis parl’Académie Nationale de Pharmacie, prix décerné cette année à Bastien Delattre
pour sa thèse soutenue à Nantes : « Contribution à l’Histoire de l’UFR desSciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Nantes : l’Ecole de Plein Exercice deMédecine et de Pharmacie pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale ». Alors que lerôle des pharmaciens mobilisés pendant la Grande Guerre est un sujet qui a étéétudié à plusieurs reprises, l’histoire des École et des Facultés de Pharmacie ainsi
que les parcours individuels des professeurs et élèves pendant cette période sontmoins connus.
Par ailleurs, nous avons tenu 4 séances qui ont permis d’entendre 21
communications orales sur des sujets très divers. Une séance à Lille nous a donnél’occasion de visiter le jardin botanique et l’herbarium et la Pharmacie Lotar
hébergée à la Faculté de pharmacie. Nous avons également visité le Musée del’hospice Comtesse et la bannière de la communauté des apothicaires lillois.
Enfin, nous avons pu entrer au musée de l’Institut Pasteur où Mme le professeur
Bourel-Bonnet a donné une conférence sur le BCG à travers ses créateurs, Albert
Calmette et Camille Guérin. Plusieurs membres de la SHP ont participé à desréunions, congrès et journées d’étude ainsi qu’à des enseignements d’histoire dela pharmacie en France et dans d’autres pays. Le Congrès International d’Histoirede la Pharmacie à Washington, DC, a été un évènement important avec 4communications orales de membres français de la SHP. Durant ce congrès,
Olivier Lafont a remis la médaille Parmentier à Gregory Higby.

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En 2020, nous continuerons à promouvoir activement l’histoire de la pharmacie
avec une première réunion le 25 mars 2020, suivie d’autres réunions en juin,
septembre (à Florence, Italie), novembre et décembre. L’année 2020 seraégalement l’occasion de célébrer la découverte de la quinine par Pelletier etCaventou en 1820. Trois réunions seront organisées à ce sujet : la première, miseen place par les pharmaciens militaires, aura lieu le 12 mai 2020 au Val-de-Grâce,avec une exposition. La seconde aura lieu à la Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, avecégalement une exposition. Enfin, la SHP organisera une journée entière surl’histoire de la quinine le 28 octobre 2020, Salle des Actes de la faculté dePharmacie de Paris.
C’est aussi la quatrième année du Diplôme Universitaire d’histoire de lapharmacie à l’Université Paris-Descartes, avec l’implication très active demembres de la SHP. Des visites et des études de cas sont également prévues.
L’enseignement sera assuré par des membres de la SHP.
Faites savoir autour de vous que cet enseignement existe et qu’il est ouvert àtous, jeunes étudiants, personnes en activité, retraités, historiens des sciences,écrivains en quête d’information, pharmaciens, non pharmaciens, etc. Inscrivezvous, vous-même, ou faites inscrire vos amis, collègues et connaissances. Nous
participons également à un cours pour les étudiants en pharmacie à Lyon, et uncours destiné au grand public à Paris.

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FRANCE – SAUVEGARDE DU PATRIMOINEPHARMACEUTIQUE

Jacques Gravé

patrimoine.pharmaceutique@gmail.com

During the year 2019, our association continued its mission to promote thepharmaceutical history. We continued the exhibition “Tin Potters at the Service
of Health” set up last year in the Hôtel-Dieu de Baugé in Anjou. This time we werewelcomed in Pithiviers, a small town near Orleans. The exhibition was held forone month in the former chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu of this town.
The President was asked of giving a lecture on theriac in the inauguration day ofthe exhibition. Members of the association graciously lent pieces from theircollection. We warmly thank them.
Like every year, our association organized two weekends for its members during
which we try to discover collections related to our profession. In the spring wewent to Brittany and we discovered the collections of the Conservatoire
Hospitalier de Rennes as well as the collections of a doctor from Vannes who was
kind enough to open his doors to us.
We also took advantage of this escapade to go on a boat cruise in the Gulf of
Morbihan. The second weekend took place around Fontainebleau. In the middleof the visits of the castles of Fontainebleau and Vaux le Vicomte, we discovered
an extraordinary private collection. An enthusiast of pharmaceutical earthenware
opened his doors to us and our members were captivated by the beauty of thepieces presented as well as the meticulous presentation of the collection.
Our big trip abroad took place in Jordan where we discovered the ArchaeologicalMuseum in Amman, displaying many beautiful alabasters. Our president, together
with our colleague Joao Neto, director of the Lisbon and Porto Museums,
organized the sessions on the history of pharmacy within the FIP Congress which
took place in Abu Dhabi in 2019.
In order to complete its collections, our association has purchased some objects,
in particular a carved wooden reproduction of an apothecary from the Cathedralof Amiens.

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GERMANY - DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR
GESCHICHTE DER PHARMAZIE

Sabine Anagnostou
sanagnostou@web.de

In 2019, the regional groups of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte derPharmazie (DGGP) organized many much-noted scientific events accompanied bya high publicity and response which reflect the wide range and intensity of theresearch in the History of Pharmacy in Germany. A list of the events in 2019 isprovided at https://sites.google.com/site/dggphomepage/Home/
veranstaltungen/liste-der-veranstaltungen. Numerous publications by membersof the DGGP appeared and are also accessible via the Pharmaziehistorische
Bibliografie and online: http://services.bibliothek.kit.edu/pharm/phb.html.
In 2019, the DGGP organized a variety of scientific highlights which will bepresented in chronological order. The regional groups Nordrhein and RheinlandPfalz organized a symposium in honour of Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke
who celebrated his 75th birthday in 2019. After an introductory reading, various
historians in the history of pharmacy gave special lectures concerning theirresearch activities: Prof. Dr. Frank Leimkugel, Düsseldorf, and Prof. Dr. Axel
Helmstädter, Frankfurt, reported about the work of the artist Erich Mühsam, andProf. Dr. Peter Dilg, Regensburg, informed about the relationship between Goethe
undHoward.

Dr.

Natalia

Bachour,

Zürich,

dealt

with

pharmacists

andpharmaceuticals in thousands and one night, Prof. Dr. Michael Mönnich,Karlsruhe, investigated famine and cholera in the 19th century, Prof. Dr.
Christoph Friedrich, Marburg presented Georg Mylius (1884–1979) as pharmacist
and pioneer of color photography, Dr. Katharina Pfister, Heidelberg, explained
Paracelsus and astrology, and Lisa Garweg, Düsseldorf, reported about the fate of
the Vienna physician Robert Joachimovits (1892–1970).
In April 2019, the DGGP and the SGGP organized a joint symposium in honor ofProf. Dr. François Ledermann, Bern, who celebrated his 70th birthday. The main
topic “Scientia non unius populi sed orbis terrarum – multilingualism in thehistory of pharmacy” was explored under different aspects by an international
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Prof. Dr. Sabine Anagnostou, Marburg, discussed multilingualism as a scientificchallenge in the history of pharmacy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Hubert Steinke, Bern, exploredthe significance of languages in the history of medicine and sciences, Prof. Dr.
Yves Lehmann and Dr. Hélène Lehmann, Strasbourg-Lille, investigated the Latin
and Greek plant names in the materia medica by Pliny, Dr. Angelo Beccarelli,
Milan, reported about Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli as a protagonist of linguistic
and scientific European integration, Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Puerto Sarmiento,
Madrid, dealt with pharmacists introducing the systems of Linné and Lavoisier inSpain, Prof. Dr. Christoph Friedrich, Marburg, presented pharmacists translating
scientific works in the 18th and 19th centuries, Dr. Bruno Bonnemain, Chelles,
dedicated his talk to the Esperanto in the 20th century pharmacy, Sara Gnehm,
Winterthur, reported about the dispute between the pharmacist Hermann Hager
and the fabricant Johann Hoff, and Dr. Manfred Fankhauser, Langnau, gave an
overview about the history of cannabis in pharmacy. The talks will be published in
the series „Veröffentlichungen der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geschichte
der Pharmazie“ and edited by Sabine Anagnostou, Ursula Hirter-Trüb and Claudia
Zerobin Kleist.
In May 2019, the DGGP participated in the organization of the symposium forProf. Dr. Christoph Friedrich, Marburg, who celebrated his 65th birthday andretired in 2019. Prof. Dr. Sabine Anagnostou, Marburg, president of the DGGP
held the laudation, Prof. Dr. François Ledermann, Bern, gave a talk about theGerman history of pharmacy in foreign countries reflected by scientific journals,
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Meyer, Greifswald, discussed new aspects of the commercial
history of salicylic acid in the 19th century, and Dr. Stefanie Boman-Degen,
Osnabrück, dedicated her talk to the autobiographies in the history of pharmacy
by the example of Walther Zimmermann (1890–1945).
The regional groups Baden and Württemberg dedicated their traditional autumn
symposium to the topic pharmacy and literature in accordance with the50th anniversary of the Deutsche Pharmazeutische Zentralbibliothek, Stuttgart.
Prof. Dr. Dietrich von Engelhardt, Karlsruhe, talked about pharmacists inliterature,

Prof.

Dr.

Wolf-Dieter

Müller-Jahncke,

Heidelberg,

presented

pharmacists and pharmacy in caricature, and Wolf Geyer, Stuttgart, reported
about the 500 years old history of the Kreuser’schen Apotheke in Stuttgart.

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Many members of the DGGP participated in the 44th International Congress for
the History of Pharmacy 2019 in Washington, DC, which was dedicated to the
topic “The Pharmacist and Quality Medicines” and gave talks or presented
posters. Florian Eidam-Weber (Frankfurt) was awarded with the second prize ofthe international poster competition for his poster “Historical research from the
British Colonies: A grass from Africa as repellent” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Axel
Helmstädter, Frankfurt). At the FIP Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,from 22nd to 26th September 2019, Dr. Frederik Vongehr, Marburg, spoke on thedevelopment of German submarine medicine.
Dr. Klaus Koch, Hamburg, was awarded by the Polish Society for the History of
Pharmacy with the Statuette of Mgr. Pharm. Antonina Leśniewska for his merits
in the history of pharmacy and pharmacists, especially in Poland. The DGGP is
cooperating intensely with the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG). In
September 2019, the pre-meeting of the Annual Congress of the DPhG organized
by Prof. Dr. Christoph Friedrich, Marburg, focussed on “Pharmacy in Heidelberg”.
The speakers presented in four lectures the development of pharmacy into an
academic discipline at the University Heidelberg (Dr. Arnt Heilmann, Hirschhorn,
Neckar), the development of pharmacies (Dr. Albert Borchardt, Heidelberg), life
and work of Friedrich Bergius (1884–1949) (Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke,
Heidelberg) as well as the Deutsche Apothekenmuseum in the Heidelberg
Castle (Dr. Elisabeth Huwer, Heidelberg). The meeting was very well attended andenjoyed a high public resonance. The papers will be published in the series“Stätten pharmazeutischer Praxis, Lehre und Forschung,” edited by ChristophFriedrich.
In April 2020, the biennial conference for the History of Pharmacy by the DGGP
will be held in Detmold and dedicated to the topic “Heilpflanzen im Wandel der
Zeiten” (Medicinal plants through the ages). We warmly invite all colleagues tojoin the talks, presentations and discussions as well as the promising social
program.

Please

find

the

full

programandregistration

form

under:

https://sites.google.com/site/dggphomepage/Home/veranstaltungen. We arelooking forward to welcoming you in Detmold.

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Participants of the opening ceremony of the exhibition "50th Anniversary of theDeutsche Pharmazeutische Zentralbibliothek", Stuttgart

FIP Military and Emergency Pharmacy Section at the reception
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Publications (Books, major papers):
Anagnostou Sabine / Ariane Retzar (Hrsg.): Facetten der Pharmaziegeschichte. Festschrift für
Christoph Friedrich zum 65. Geburtstag. (Veröffentlichungen zur Pharmaziegeschichte; 15),
Stuttgart 2019.
Anagnostou Sabine: „… boticarios para cura o alivio de las enfermedades“ – Missionspharmaziein Mexiko als Vektor des Wissenstransfers. In: Sabine Anagnostou /Ariane Retzar (Hrsg.):
Facetten der Pharmaziegeschichte. Festschrift für Christoph Friedrich zum 65. Geburtstag.
(Veröffentlichungen zur Pharmaziegeschichte; 15), Stuttgart 2019, S. 13–24.
Denninger Ilse: Das Apothekenwesen in Baden von 1945 bis 1960. Mit einem Geleitwort vonChristoph Friedrich. (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie; 120), Stuttgart 2019;ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat. Marburg 2019.·

Friedrich Christoph (Hrsg.): Pharmazie in

Hamburg. Vorträge des Pharmaziehistorischen Vorsymposiums der DPhG-Jahrestagung am 2.
Oktober 2018 in Hamburg. (Stätten pharmazeutischer Praxis, Lehre und Forschung; 18),
Marburg 2019.
Friedrich Christoph: Georg Mylius – Industrieapotheker und Pionier der Farbfotografie. In:
Geschichte der Pharmazie 71 (2019), Heft 1 /2, S. 1
Friedrich Christoph: Georg Mylius als Student und Doktorand in Marburg sowie in derIndustrie in Hamburg und Dresden. In: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (Hrsg.): „Etwas
sensationell Neues“. Marburg 1910 in Farbfotografien von Georg Mylius, Marburg 2019, S. 9–17.
Friedrich Christoph: Theodor Fontane und die Pharmazie. In: Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung 159(2019), H. 42, S. 4002–4007.
Friedrich Christoph / Wolf-Dieter Müller Jahncke (Hrsg.): Vom Handwerk zur Wissenschaft:
Die Vorträge der Pharmaziehistorischen Biennale in Lindau vom 6. bis 8. April 2018
(Veröffentlichungen zur Pharmaziegeschichte; 16), Stuttgart 2019.
Grothusheitkamp Kerstin: Pflanzen in der Krebstherapie des 18. bis 20. Jahrhunderts unter
Berücksichtigung ihres Einsatzes in der Homöopathie. Mit einem Geleitwort von Sabine
Anagnostou. (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie; 123), Stuttgart 2019;ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat. Marburg 2019.
Köster Maresca: Ernst Urban (1874–1958). Apotheker, Redakteur und Kämpfer für die
Neugestaltung des Apothekenwesens. Mit einem Geleitwort von Christoph Friedrich. (Quellen
und Studien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie; 122), Stuttgart 2019; ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat.
Marburg 2019.
Moosmann Katja Susanne: Tierische Drogen im 18. Jahrhundert im Spiegel offizineller undnichtoffizineller Literatur und ihre Bedeutung in der Gegenwart. Mit einem Geleitwort vonChristoph Friedrich. (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie; 119), Stuttgart 2019;ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat. Marburg 2019.
Wolf Lucia: Der gerechte Arzneimittelpreis? Zur Geschichte der Arzneitaxen im 18. und 19.
Jahrhundert am Beispiel Preußens. Mit einem Geleitwort von Christoph Friedrich. (Quellen undStudien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie; 121) Stuttgart 2019; ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat. Marburg
2019.
Zummersch Maren: Heinrich Hörlein (1882–1954): Wissenschaftler, Manager und Netzwerker inder Pharmazeutischen Industrie. Eine Schlüsselfigur der pharmazeutischen Forschung und
Entwicklung bei Bayer. Mit einem Geleitwort von Christoph Friedrich. (Quellen und Studien zur
Geschichte der Pharmazie; 118). Stuttgart 2019; ursprünglich Diss. rer. nat. Marburg 2018.

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HONG KONG – HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF PHARMACY

Patrick Chiu

pchiuy@netvigator.com

2019 was a year of exchange between members of Hong Kong Society for the Historyof Pharmacy (HKSHP) and societies of history of medicine, and pharmacy with other
cities in the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan. Several events were held in the year
which included:
Joint Research with academics and clinicians in the Mainland: Consensus has beenreached to compile the work on “History of Chinese Pharmacy, From Shennong to Tu
Youyou, A Journey of 5,000 Years of Materia Medica” with the leadership of the
Fudan University School of Pharmacy and the Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Pharmacy Department with Hong Kong Society for the History of Pharmacy to takethe lead in this project. This book will cover the beginning of the use of herbs forprevention and treatment in ancient China until 2020 with the combination therapyof herbal and human serum containing antibodies of coronavirus disease. The projectis anticipated to take three years with the Chinese language version to be released at
the end of 2021 and the English language version in 2022.
Project on “Liang Cha – The Herbal Drink of 19th Century Cantonese Farm
Workers”: A proposal to publish a book on “Cooling Tea – The Herbal Drink of
19th Century Farm Workers” was submitted to Intangible Cultural Heritage Office ofthe Hong Kong Special Administrative Government with the intention to promote thehistorical development of traditional pharmacy in June 2019.
Participation of the 44th ISHP, September 5-8, 2019, Washington DC, US: A
presentation on “The Beginnings of Western Pharmacy Practice in Modern China,
1910-1941: A Case Study of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital Pharmacy
Department” was delivered on behalf of HKSHP to 30 participants at the 44th ISHP
held on September 7, 2019 in Washington DC, US. Discussions were held with therepresentatives of the Japanese Society for the History of Pharmacy at the 44th ISHP;
Dr. and Mrs. Toshimasa Koshimizu and Mrs. Yohko Natsume on future collaborationand joint meetings of the two societies. Regarding publications, A paper on “Arthur
Rowan (1896-1971): A humanitarian during the Japanese occupation in colonial HongKong” was published in the June 2019 edition of the Pharmaceutical Historian onbehalf of the HKSHP.

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HUNGARY – HUNGARIAN SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF PHARMACY

Szabolcs Dobson

dictum.dobson@t-online.hu

Back in April 2017, we have launched our Facebook page named “Képes
gyógyszerészet” (Pharmacy in pictures) where we post almost each day a photo ofhistorical interest with short explanations. As of March 1, 2020, 2288 people(compared to 1383 people on the 30 January 2019) followed our Facebook pageathttps://www.facebook.com/gyogyszeresztortenet/.

Accordingtoourexperience, the social media should be taken seriously regarding the history ofpharmacy, too. This is a very useful tool to delivering historical information on
pharmacy to the lay public and professionals, and receiving sometimes reallyvaluable feedbacks from them.
From July 4 to 6, 2019, our Society organized its 16th Summer Symposium on the
History of Pharmacy in Pécs, a nice university city with a Pharmaceutical Facultyin Southern Hungary. The theme of this Summer Symposium was“Tradition andmodernity in pharmacy.” About 45 participants got acquainted with the culture
and traditions of the city, in addition to lectures on the history of pharmacy.
As usual, we continued to develop our website (www.gyogyszeresztortenet.hu)with some of the contents available in English. In 2019, among others, 23 newarticles and 8 new digitalized books have been uploaded to our website, which isessentially the most significant electronic repertory of Hungarian pharmacy
history books, articles, photos and other pieces of information.
This year our 17th Summer Symposium will take place in Miskolc an industrial cityand cultural center in the North of Hungary. The themes of this Symposiuminclude “The Hungarian Pharmacy and the End of the First World War including
the Trianon Peace Treaty” as well as “The Relationships of the Hungarian
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HUNGARY - HUNGARIAN SOCIETY FOR
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES PHARMACYHISTORY DIVISION

Tünde Ambrus

tunde.ambrus@gmail.com

Activities of the Pharmacy History Division of the Hungarian Society for
Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2019 were as follows:
Society’s traditional commemoration of the Hungarian National Holiday,
Memorial Day of Hungarian Revolution 1848/49, was held on March 13 in theGolden Eagle Pharmacy Museum, Budapest.
On May 4, the Division was represented by delegated members at the Annual
General Assembly of the Society. The Pharmacy History Division also participatedin the work of Evaluation Board of the 54th Mátyás Rozsnyay Memorial Contest,
which took place in Berekfürdő from May 10 to 12. This scientific conference istraditionally organized by our Society for young pharmacists.
In July 2019 several members of the Pharmacy History Division attended the16th Summer Symposium on the History of Pharmacy in Pécs, organized by the
Hungarian Society for the History of Pharmacy. In October, we contributed to thecelebration of the World Pharmacists Day by organizing a lecture session. The
richly illustrated lecture was prepared by our colleagues Dr. Emese Gaál and Dr.
László Szmodits, and presented the history of pharmaceutical industry andmanufacturing laboratories in Zugló district of Budapest.
The

Pharmacy

16th

HungarianHistory

Division

Pharmaceuticalwill

participate

Congressinthe(Congressus

organizingofPharmaceuticus

Hungaricus) of the Hungarian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, to be held in
April 2020 in Debrecen. In May 2020 we are planning a lecture session on theoccasion of 100th anniversary of birth of Hungarian pharmacist and economist
János Károly (John Charles) Harsányi (1920–2000), a Nobel Prize laureate ineconomics.

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IRAN – IRANIAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF
PHARMACY

Arman Zargaran

arman_zargaran@yahoo.com

Iranian Society for the History of Pharmacy, located in Department of History ofMedicine, School of Persian Medicine at Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
has contributed to many education and research events in 2019. These include
the following:Workshop on Traditional Medicine: A 70 hour-workshop on traditional
medicine, held during February and March 2019. Spring School of Persian
Medicine: It was a short course on “Persian Medicine according to Avicenna’s
Teachings;” April 13-17, 2019. There were seven participants from Austria in thecourse.
The 2nd Summer School of Persian Medicine: This was a short course on Persian
Medicine Principles and theories. It was held between August 1 and 10, 2019.
There were four participants from India and Bangladesh in this event. Workshopof Scientific Presentation in Congresses: This workshop was organized on
November 9, 2019.
International Workshop on History of Alchemy: This four-hour workshop was
hosted by the Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran on November 26, 2019. Dr.
Peter J. Starr (from Fatih Mehmet Sultan University, Turkey) and Dr. Shahrzad
Irannejad (Mainz University, Germany) were the lecturers of this workshop. There
were 50 registered participants from eight countries in this workshop.
The 2nd International Congress on History of Medicine in Iran and Islam: It
was a great event on history of medicine and pharmacy, held in the School of
Persian Medicine at Tehran University of Medical Sciences between November 26
and 29, 2019. There were more than 150 participants from Iran, India, Turkey,
England, Germany, USA, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, France, Italy, and Tunisia.
International Academy of History of Pharmacy was also one of the co-organizersof this Congress. Dr. Bruno Bonnemain (president of the International Academyof History of Pharmacy) and Prof. Dr. Olivier Lafont (president of the FrenchSociety for the History of Pharmacy) had lectures by video conference in the
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Workshop on Methodology of Research in History of Medicine & Pharmacy: It
was held as a post-Congress event in Shiraz between November 30 and
December 1, 2019. The lecturers were given by Dr. Peter J. Starr (Fatih Sultan
Mehmet, Turkey), Dr. Glen M. Cooper (Einstein Centre Chronoi, Freie Universität,
Germany), Dr. Arman Zargaran (Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran), Dr.
Mehrnaz Katouzian-Safadi (University Paris Diderot, France), Dr. Shahram Jalilian(Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran), Dr. Mohammad M. Zarshenas (Shiraz
University of Medical Sciences, Iran).
Discussion Panel of Writing Thesis on History of Medicine and Pharmacy: Thispanel was held on November 30, 2019 in Shiraz.

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ITALY – ACCADEMIA ITALIANA DI STORIA DELLA
FARMACIA

Vittorio Cassani

vittorio.cassani@alice.it

National Congress of the Accademia Italiana di Storia della Farmacia (AISF) took
place in Matera on June 8-9, 2019 in the old building of ex-San Rocco Hospital.
The main theme of the congress was pharmaceutical culture of hospital. Manyinteresting and important old hospitals and pharmacies were shown, i.e., Magno
Spedale S. Anna (Ferrara), Ospedale S. Maria della Scala (Siena), Farmacia
dell’Ospedale della Morte (Bologna), and Ospedale Grande (Brescia).
Exceptionally this year the national congress was organized in cooperation with
the French Pharmaceutical Society, and will take place on September 2020 in
Florence.
The AISF is working to organize the International Congress for the History of
Pharmacy in Milan in September 2021 by the old and prestigious hospital, Ca’
Granda.

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JAPAN - JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORYOF PHARMACY

Yutaka Orihara

oriharay@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Member News
Japanese Society for the History of Pharmacy (JSHP) is deeply saddened by thepassing of Dr. Yusuke Takenaka on December 31, 2018 at age of 90. During his
lifetime, Dr. Takenaka served as the Director of the Division of Chem-Bio
Informatics at the National Institute of Hygienic Sciences (NIHS) and the fourthpresident of the Société Franco-Japonaise de Pharmacie. He will be remembered forhis contributions to a deeper understanding of French pharmacy in Japan, passion
for learning, and kind encouragement of junior scholars.
JSHP also mourns the passing of two other former members: Dr. Masahiko Takada,
on April 3, 2019, and Dr. Nobuo Aoki, on September 8, 2019. Dr. Takada worked at
the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido before retirement, and helped topromote JSHP activities in Hokkaido. Dr. Aoki was the first director of the Naito
Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry and an honorary member of JSHP.
General Assembly Meeting
On April 20, 2019, JSHP held a general assembly meeting and two public lectures at
the University of Tokyo: i) “Professor Yasuhiko Asahina’s crude drug science study
and its assistance from Kiyotaka Hisauchi and Totaro Shimizu,” presented by Dr.
Hideaki Ohba of the University of Tokyo, Department of Botany and The University
Museum, and ii) “Japanese contributions to the advancement of cosmetic scienceand technology,” presented by Dr. Kazutami Sakamoto, guest lecturer at Tokyo
University of Science.
Shibata Forum
Shibata Forum lectures on the history of pharmacy took place on August 3, 2019 at
the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo. The first lecture,“The history of making ‘Ensho’ and verification of a reproduction experiment using
an aged-soil method: experimental verification of producing gunpowder’s raw
material in the Edo Period,” was given by Mr. Naomi Nozawa, visiting professor at
Nihon Pharmaceutical University. The second lecture entitled, “The control oflymphatic filariasis in Japan,” was made by Mr. Teruyuki Kobayashi, a novelist andpart-time lecturer at Meiji Pharmaceutical University.

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Annual Meeting
The 2019 Annual Meeting was held on October 26 at the Naito Museum of
Pharmaceutical Science and Industry. Mr. Hiroshi Morita, the conference
organizer, presented the opening remarks. 14 oral presentations and 13 poster
presentations were given followed by special lectures. Dr. Teiji Kimura, Chief
Discovery Officer at Eisai Company made the first special lecture entitled,“Dementia: current research and development of a curative.” The second lecture,“Eating habits: avoidance of dementia” was given by the museum’s director,
Hiroshi Morita. On October 27, JSHP members received guided tours of the Naito
Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry and its medicinal garden,
Inuyama Castle, and sights relating to the life of Shimoyama Jun’ichiro (1853–
1912). Shimoyama, known in Japan as the father of pharmacognosy, also helped to
introduce modern pharmaceutical science.
The 2019 Six Societies Meeting
The 2019 Six Societies Meeting of the Histories of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry,
Veterinary Science, Nursing, and Western Learning at Juntendo University Schoolof Medicine took place on December 21, 2019. Professor Masayuki Mikage (Tokyo
University of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Development, Laboratory ofMedicinal Plant Resources) gave a lecture entitled “The botanical origins of thecrude drugs used by ancient Chinese doctors and herbalists.” Moreover,international activities of the JSHP were as follows:
Exchanges in South Korea: On April 25, the 2019 Spring International Conventionof the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea took place in Seoul. Professor Shinji
Funayama (Nihon Pharmaceutical University) gave a lecture entitled “Poisons andmedicines of the Tempyo Era (729-767).”
Exchanges in the United States: In May 2019, JSHP member, Dr. Julia Yongue(Hosei University) visited the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy(AIHP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy to renew ties
between JSHP and AIHP. She is pictured below with Dr. Greg Higby (former
executive director of AIHP, left) and Dr. Lucas Richert (associate professor andGeorge Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy, right).

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Franco-Japanese Exchanges: On November 24, Dr. Frédéric Bonté, a member of theFrench National Academy of Pharmacy, gave a lecture at the Maison Franco-Japonais inTokyo,

entitled“Jun’ichiro

Shimoyama

andFriedrichFlückiger:

anexceptional

encounter.” His lecture was well attended and included members of JSHP as well as someof the descendants of Jun’ichiro Shimoyama.
International Conference Participation: AIHP hosted the 44th International Congress for
the History of Pharmacy (ICHP) in Washington, DC, on 5-8 September 2019. Participantsfrom JSHP included:
Dr. Toshimasa Koshimizu (Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine), Dr.
Tempei Miyaji (University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine), and Dr. Kiichiro
Tsutani (Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences), who made apresentation on “Asthma cigarettes (Zensoku tabako),” which were made from cannabis,
approved as a medicine, and sold in early days of pharmaceutical and tobacco
regulation after Meiji restoration of 1868;
Dr. Kazushige Morimoto (National Institute of Health Sciences) who presented his“Study to determine if Japanese new biopharmaceuticals were approved by FDA andEMA authorities,” andDr. Yōhko Natsume (JSHP) whose poster title was “History of pharmaceuticaldevelopment in India and Professor Harkishan Singh.”
Publications in 2019: JSHP published volume 54 of the Japanese Journal for the History of
Pharmacy (Yakushigaku Zasshi), and the History of Pharmacy Newsletter (Yakushi Rettaa),
numbers 81 and 82.
WebsiteUpdate:The

Japaneseversionof

ourwebsitewas

updated: http://yakushi.umin.jp/en/index.html. An English version of our website is alsoavailable. Journal articles in Japanese, which include an English abstract can be
downloaded free of charge.

Dr. Yusuke Takenaka(1928–2018)

Opening remarks by Director Hiroshi Morita and
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NORWAY – THE NORWEGIAN SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF PHARMACY

Sissel Brinchmannsidserk@gmail.com

The Norsk Farmasihistorisk Selskap (NFHS, Norwegian Society for the History of
Pharmacy) was established in 1994 and marked its 25th anniversary in 2019. Membershipis open to all interested parties; individual members, institutions, companies, etc. The
society’s aim is to assemble, systemize and preserve our long and exciting history. Thereare currently 186 members as well as four Honorary Members: Mathis Gundersveen,
Yngve Torud (posthumously), Aslaug Gombos, and Gunvor Solheim. The current Board of
the NFHS is consisting of the following names: Liv Slettevold (chair); Erik Andrew (cochair); Holger Moe Tørisen (secretary); Sissel Brinchmann and Wenche Aulie Olsen(members). The NFHS held two major meetings in 2019:
Annual Meeting in April: Following the formal proceedings, Anne Markestad from the
National Centre for Medicine Shortage and Medicine Contingency spoke about“Medicine shortages in Norway – how did we end up in such a situation? What are wedoing to ensure a secure supply?”
25th Anniversary and the autumn member meeting: The celebration of the25th Anniversary and the traditional member meeting in the autumn was held at the Oslo
Cathedral School. More than 70 participants, including colleagues from Denmark andSweden, attended the meeting. The chair (Liv Slettevold) together with the threehonorary members (Aslaug Gombos, Mathis Gundersveen, and Gunvor Solheim) took theaudience through the daunting history from 1994 and up to date via conversations,
history telling and pictures.
During the break, the participants were able to visit a unique private collection (TheAndersen Collection) with 2.500 volumes on pharmacy, botany and medicine, spanningseven centuries.
The member meeting lectures: Anne Cathrine Sund: “Laboremus, pharmaceutical study
and discussion club 1941-1977,” Brit Lannem: “EkornRingen at Historica – from idea toexhibition,” Randi Winsnes: “The Norwegian Medicines Agency – the history.”
NFHS Teaching at Universities: The University of Oslo, UiO Department of Pharmacy
invited NFHS to give lectures on the history of pharmacy to the first-year masterstudents. Board meetings: The board held seven meetings throughout the year.

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Cygnus: NFHS has now the sole responsibility to publish the printed membership journal,
since the liquidation of the Cygnus Publishing Company. Holger Moe Tørisen is the editor.
NFHS aims to publish one edition per year and in 2019 the 26th edition was
published. Cygnus is available online: http://norskfarmasihistorie.no/cygnus/.
Newsletters:

Through

the

year

NFHS

published

four

newsletters

to

the

members. http://norskfarmasihistorie.no/medlemmer/medlemsbrev.
Other activities: “My Life as Pharmacist” – the first-year master students conductedinterviews with a number of “seasoned” pharmacists as the basis for reports focusing on
recent pharmaceutical history. NFHS had an excursion to the historical exhibition ofpharmacies and related medical objects at Glomdalsmuseet in Elverum, a couple of hours
drive from Oslo. The website (http://norskfarmasihistorie.no) continues to be active,
publishing newsletters to the members and focusing on articles published previously
in Cygnus as well as recent works. NFHS is also active on social media such as Facebook
and Instagram.

Aslaug Gombos, Mathis Gundersveen and
Liv Slettevold

Gunvor Solheim and Liv

The NFHS Board with Poul Kruse , Denmarkand Nils Otto Ahnfelt, Sweden

Mathis Gundersveen sharing

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POLAND – HISTORY OF PHARMACY DIVISION OF
POLISH PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

Lidia Maria Czyżlczyz52@gmail.com

The most important event of the year 2019 for Polish historians of pharmacy was
the 28th Congress for the History of Pharmacy, held on 25-27 May in Krasnobród
in Roztocze Highlands, Lubelskie Region. 30 papers were presented, mainly
focusing on the motto of the Congress: “There is no disease in the world forwhich no cure exists,” by Ignacy Krasicki, a Polish poet of the 18th century. The
following scientific sessions also took place in 2019:
Warszawa, 18 January, 13th Review of diploma theses in the field of pharmacy
history,
Warszawa, 28 May, Conference at the Warsaw Museum: Byssus. Medicinesfrom natural history cabinets,
Łódź, 7 May, 92nd birth anniversary of the doyen of Łódź pharmacists,
Biecz,

14-15

September“Fromancient

rhizotomists

tocontemporary

pharmacognostics” – five papers were presented,
Opole “Municipal Pharmacy in the history of Opole,” and unveiling of amemorial plaque,Poznań, 2 October, Jubilee celebrations for Prof. Michał Umbreit,
Poznań, 28 June, 30 years of the Museum of Pharmacy,
Poznań, 5 October, 27th Pharmacists’ Day.
The Chapters also organized local events to commemorate the centenary ofPolish independence, and pharmacists’ part in work for the free country invarious administrative, governmental and military positions. Lectures on
pharmacy history are given at universities in Warsaw, Iwona Arabas (WUM); in
Opole, Maria Pająk (UO). Promotion of books: Poznań, Hanna Cytryńska Apteki
klasztorneiszpitalne

Poznania;

Opole

Carla

Hermanna

zbiór

recepturróżnych; Poznań, 17 December - Wojciech Ślusarczyk Apteka pod Orłem wŁabiszynie.
Regarding awards and distinctions, in 2019, Statuette of Antonina Leśniewska wasawarded to Jan Majewski, PhD (Poznań) and Klaus Koch PhD (Hamburg). Prof.
Michał Umbreit received the Gold Medal “Faithful to Tradition” from the Society
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Representatives of Polish historians including Prof. Iwona Arabas, member of the
Chapter Board, attended the 44thInternational Congress for the History of
Pharmacy, held in Washington, DC, with her presentation entitled “New Raw
Materials from the New World: Transfer of Knowledge to Polish Pharmacies.” Prof
Iwona Arabas participated in Conference European Museum Forum, Sarajewo, 2226 May, “A small museum which has a lot to say: Antonina Leśniewska Museum of
Pharmacy,

Warsaw”;

Honorary

Chairman,Jan

Majewski,

PhD

attended

100th anniversary celebrations at Poznań University of Medical Sciences;
Representatives of the Kraków Chapter participated in the 25thNational Congressof the Polish Society for the History of Medical Sciences and in the Scientific
Conference entitled “Academic Heritage: Involvement of University Museums,” inGdańsk.
In 2019, members of the National Chapter for History of Pharmacy published anumber of scientific studies and reports in Polish and foreign periodicals:
Arabas, M. Biniecka, L.M. Czyż, S. Tulik. Legendary Medicinal Raw Materials ofMarine Origin: History Continues, Farmacja Polska, 75, 2019, pp. 692-697.
Arabas Podlasie Plants Collectionof Princess Anna Jabłonowska, Herbalism 1(5),2019, pp. 42-56.
L.M. Czyż. The Tokarzewski Family from Kańczuga in the Podkarpackie region,
Czasopismo Aptekarskie, 5(305), 2019, pp. 43-50.
L.M. Czyż. Walahfried von der Reichenau, nicknamed Strabo, Monk, poet andbotanist. Aptekarz Polski, 155(133e), 2019, pp. 42-45.

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ROMANIA – THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF PHARMACY

Adriana-Elena Tăerel

adriana.taerel@yahoo.com

In 2019, members of the Romanian Society for the History of Pharmacy (RSHP)
have participated in several events: General Assembly and Quarterly Meetings of
the Society, International Congress for the History of Pharmacy (ICHP), National
Meeting of the History of Pharmacy, National Meeting of the History of Medicine,meetings at the Romanian Academy, Romanian Committee of the History andPhilosophy of Science and Technology, Session of the Association of Physicians
and Officers Pharmacists in Reserve (APOPR) and many others.
Members of the RSHP attended the 44th ICHP in Washington, DC, and presented
two posters: “Retrospects on the pharmaceutical industry in Romania,” by A.E.
Taerel et al.; and “Pharmaceutical heritage items from the Zisi Fârșirotu
Collection, Bucharest,” by C. Rais et al.
Between October 3 and 5, 2019, the 28th National Meeting of History of
Pharmacy was organized in Sibiu by the RSHP, with the support of Pharmacists’College from Sibiu County, under the patronage of the Carol Davila University of
Medicine and Pharmacy from Bucharest and the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy
Section at the Lucian Blaga Universityfrom Sibiu.
Around 120 participants attended 55 presentations (five plenary conferences and
36 oral presentations) and visited 14 posters. The papers were classified into
various main themes: i) museums and museum collections of history of pharmacy
in Romania: identification, valorification and promotion of the medicopharmaceutical heritage at national level; ii) assistance with drugs over the timein our country; iii) Romanian industry of medicines in 19th and 20th centuries; iv)
medicinal plants in therapy over the time; v) scientific personalities from medicopharmaceutical area.
The authors of the papers registered in the program were teachers from the
Universities of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Belgrad, Chișinău, Cluj, Iași,Oradea, Sibiu, pharmacists and doctors, RSHP members, and researchers fromthe field of history of pharmacy.

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On Thursday, October 3, 2020, at the opening of the Meeting, the President of
the Romanian Society of History of Pharmacy, Prof. Dr. Pharm. Adriana-ElenaTăerel, and the President of the Pharmacists’ College from Sibiu County, Prof. Dr.
Pharm.

Felicia-Gabriela

Gligor,addressed

allocutions.

Itfollowed

fiveconferences, beginning with “University, faculty and museum of history ofpharmacy: university education and scientific research institutions. Science inthe University, medication, science and history in the culture of Romanianpeople,” by Ana Carată, Adriana-Elena Tăerel. After that, it was released thebook History of Medicine and Pharmacy Engraved in Medals by C-tin Pațilea,
Georgeta Năstase, Ed. Omega, Buzău, 2019.
Thursday evening, the Meeting of the Board of Directors from the RSHP took
place. Friday, October 4, the papers of the second session were attended by theparticipants with 29 oral and 34 posters. The scholarship “Lecturer Dr. Pharm.
Constantin Iugulescu” was awarded for the work “Medicinal plants used at the
preparation of homeopathic remedies from the Museum of History of Pharmacy’s
Collection of Sibiu,” supported by Daniela-Nicoleta Dordea. In addition, all the
young researchers who presented papers in this session had received theirdiplomas. After the closure of the meeting, it followed a social program with visits
to culturally interesting objects in and around the city.

28th National Meeting of the History of Pharmacy was organized in Sibiu.

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Closure of the National Meeting

Museum of the History of Pharmacy in Sibiu

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SERBIA – HISTORY OF PHARMACY SECTION OF
THE SERBIAN PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

Dušanka Krajnović

dusica.krajnovic@pharmacy.bg.ac.rs

Regarding the activities at congresses, symposia and professional meetings; membersof the History of Pharmacy Section of the Serbian Pharmaceutical Association held two
expert meetings, and were also active within the Section for the History of Medicine of
the Serbian Medical Society. At the Section meeting held on January 11, 2019, in addition
to the work report for 2018 and the activities of the Section members, two lectures were
held: “The contribution of Velimir Karić, PhD, to the development of the pharmacy
service and the pharmaceutical profession in Serbia at the turn of the 19th and20th centuries,” by Jasmina Arsić; “The tradition of plants use in treatment and theexperiences of herbal pharmacy of scientific institute Josif Pančić that study herbs inBelgrade,” by Nebojša Menković.
At the second meeting of the Section, held on May 17, 2019, at the invitation of the
President of the Section, and within the contract on cooperation agreement between the
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade and the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Health Sciences of Lithuania, Prof. Dr. Vilma Gudienė, Vice-President of theInternational Society for the History of Pharmacy (ISHP), held the lecture entitled“Research on the history of pharmacy at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.”
The second lecture entitled “The dark side of the history of pharmacy written in Nazi
Germany” was delivered by Mr. Ph. Pavle Zelić, manager for International Cooperation,
European Integration and Public Relations at the Agency for Medicinal Products andMedical Devices of Serbia. Within the Serbian Medical Society at the Section for theHistory of Medicine, Jelena Manojlović delivered a lecture on the greats of Serbian
pharmacy, Prof. Jovan Tucakov and Prof. Stevan Jakovljević.
Regarding the activities at international congresses; representatives of the History of
Pharmacy Section of the Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia actively participated atthe 44th ICHP held in Washington, DC, between September 5 and 8. A number of authors
have presented their research through three poster presentations and participated in
the activities of the General Assembly and Extended Executive Board of the ISHP:“Inspection visits to pharmacies in the Kingdom of Serbia at the beginning of the20th century” by Jasmina Arsić and Dušanka Krajnović,“Development of public health inSerbia”

byAndrijana

Milošević

Georgiev,

DušankaKrajnović

andVericaJovanović,“Pharmaco-historical collection in Subotica,” by Dušanka Krajnović andTatjana Crnjanski.

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At the 79th FIP Congress held between September 22 and 26, 2019, in Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates, Uroš Čakar was active within the Section for the History of Pharmacy.
Moreover, at the Fourth Congress of Pharmacists of Bosnia and Herzegovina held in
Sarajevo from October 10 to 13, 2019, Jasmina Arsić and Dušanka Krajnović presented aposter entitled “Expanding pharmacy network: on the trace of the advertisement for the
opening the 15th Belgrade pharmacy at the beginning of the 20th century.” Prof. Dušanka
Krajnović participated at the 10th International Pharmaceutical Conference “Science andPractice” in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2019 with a presentation entitled “Ahistorical outline of the development of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Belgrade.” Activities
under the category of the pharmaceutical science and profession were as follows:
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Belgrade celebrated its 80th anniversary from
October 19 to 24, 2019. The members of the Section had many notable activities in thefollowing manifestations: Festive Academy marking the 80th anniversary of pharmacy
studies in Belgrade held on October 24, 2019. It was an opportunity to present the firstissue of the Faculty Yearbook, in which the editor is Prof. Dušanka Krajnović, PhD. She
wrote briefly about the historical development of teaching at the Faculty of Pharmacy inBelgrade, “A historical outline of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University ofBelgrade.” This yearbook will be published every year, and will have a short section
dedicated to the history of higher education for pharmacists.
The exhibition entitled “I’m looking for the beginning, shine and hours of the stand,” fromthe cycle “Giants in Pharmacy” by Jelena Manojlović, was held at the Faculty of Pharmacy
on October 15, 2019. It opened the possibility to shed light on the character and work of
two associate professors, the heads of pharmacy education and the academicians Stevan
Jakovljević and Jovan Tucakov. The intention of the authors and organizers was topresent to the public the professional contribution of Stevan Jakovljević, better known as
writer and university professor of literature, who was the first chairman of thePharmaceutical Department and the first professor of botany at the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Also, Jovan Tucakov, the founder of the Josif Pančić Institute, ethno-medicine
academician and the first professor of pharmacognosy.
The Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia, the oldest pharmacists’ association in Serbia
and

one

of

the

oldestpharmacists’associations

in

the

Balkans,

markedits

140th anniversary on October 26, 2019. The solemn academy organized on this occasion
presented the monograph entitled “140 years of the Association” by Prof. Mirjana
Medenica, Prof. Darko Ivanović, Prof. Vesna Matović and Mr. Ph. Dubravka Urošev. The
work of the History of Pharmacy Section, as one of the oldest sections of this associationof pharmacists in Serbia, active from 1951 was well represented in this book.

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On the occasion of these two anniversaries at the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
Gallery, April 16 - May 4, 2019, an exhibition was opened, dedicated to another great
pharmacist in Serbia, Prof. Dr. Momčilo St. Mokranjac (1899–1967), the founder of Serbianand Yugoslav toxicology, university professor and member of the National Academy ofPharmacy in Paris. The exhibition was prepared by the members of the Section Danijela
Djukić-Ćosić and Jelena Manojlović and organized the University of Belgrade - Faculty of
Pharmacy and Museum of the Negotin Krajina, in cooperation with the Serbian Academyof Sciences and Arts, at the Serbia Academy of Science and Arts Gallery. This exhibition
also appeared in the birthplace of Mokranjac’s parents, in Negotin, as part of Mokranjac’sdays in the gallery of Mokranjac’s house.
Museum activities during 2019 included an exhibition: “Crushing - The Story of theMortar,” set in 2018, continued also in 2019 through visits to the following cities: National
Museum Zrenjanin (February), Museum of the City of Novi Sad - Gallery Collection of
Foreign Art (March/April), National Museum of Kragujevac (May), National Museum of
Valjevo (June), National Museum of Požarevac - Gallery of Contemporary Art(November).
As a result of the project of restoration and conservation of old pharmacy furniture from
Museum at Faculty of Pharmacy, there was an exhibition funded by the Hungarian
government through the Hungarian Embassy and Collegium Hungaricum. The exhibition
was about the furniture from the pharmacy of the same name in Vršac, and entitled “Thepharmacy at the Hungarian King St. Stefan.” This restored furniture from the Museum of
Pharmacy History is on display in the hall of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Belgrade. Within
this exhibition, two workshops for citizens were realized.

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SPAIN – THE SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITYLECTURERS ON HISTORY OF SPANISH
PHARMACY

Raúl Rodríguez Nozal
raulrn@uah.es

During 2019, the Sociedad de Docentes Universitarios de Historia de la Farmacia
de España (SDUHFE) edited a volume, coordinated by Esteban Moreno, Antonio
Ramos Carrillo, and Antonio González Bueno, and co-sponsored by Universidad
Internacional de Andalucía and SDUHFE. This 485-page book entitled Ciencia yProfesión – El farmacéutico en la Historia (Science and Profession - The
Pharmacist in History) presents 22 selected articles among those presented in
the 4th Scientific Seminar Series of the SDUHFE which took place in Huelva(Spain) in June 2016. The book is available in pdf and epub formats:https://www.unia.es/explorar-catalogo/item/farmaceutico-en-la-historia.
Moreover, the SDUHFE has collaborated, together with Colegio Oficial de
Farmacéuticos de Badajoz (Spain) in the edition of an electronic monographprepared by Cecilio J. Venegas, Antonio Ramos Carrillo, and Rocío Ruiz Altaba,
entitled Utopía y Propaganda – La Imagen de la Farmacia española durante el
Franquismo (Utopia and Propaganda – The

Image of the Spanish Pharmacy

during Francoism). This monograph analyses and reproduces the images related
to pharmacy and medication from the NO-DO documentary, which was of forced
dissemination in cinemas during the dictatorship of General Franco (1939–1975).
Between April 16-18, 2020, the Sixth Scientific Seminar Series of the SDUHFE will
be celebrated in Calamocha (Teruel, Spain) in this occasion under the broad titleof “Historia de la farmacia de Teruel y otros territorios de la Corona de Aragón”(History of the pharmacy of Teruel and other territories of the Crown of Aragon).
More information is available at our web page: https://sduhfe.wordpress.com.

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SWEDEN – HISTORY OF PHARMACY SECTION OF
THE SWEDISH ACADEMY OF PHARMACEUTICALSCIENCES

Nils-Otto Ahnfelt

Otto.Ahnfelt@apotekarsocieteten.se

As of the end of 2019, the section had 242 members. The chairman of the board resigned
and was replaced by Nils-Otto Ahnfelt. Four evening lectures were held during the year.
One was about medicinal leeches, the second on how physicians came to change theirview on patients during the 19th century, the third being a visit to the Pharmacy Museumat the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the last was a visit to the
Hagströmer Library (part of Karolinska Institute) containing Northern Europe’s mostprestigious collections of manuscripts and old books within the fields of medicine,odontology and pharmaceutics. Six pharmacy students from three universities weresupervised by board members in writing their examination essays. Three issues of thesection’s journal, Unicornis, were published.
The last issue of 2018 contained articles about pharmacy signatures, herbal gardens andpharmacies in Sweden, world champion pharmacist on “high wheeled” bicycle,
examination assays and Finland’s history on drug distribution. Unicornis is now alsoavailableatourhomepagehttps://www.apotekarsocieteten.se/sektioner-

kretsar/sektioner/farmaci-och-lakemedelshistoria/unicornis/.
The first issue of 2019 contained an article on the unique Svanen pharmacy in Lund and its
risk to close down. Ytterby Mine rewarded with EuChems Landmark signpost,
inauguration of pharmacy museum at the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences in
Stockholm, book report on the re-launched 17th century book Botanologia, first “jubilee
doctor” from the Faculty of Pharmacy renewed his pledge, Carl Gustaf Mosander as
manufacturer of mineral waters, how pharmacists was involved in the development ofmineral waters, the pharmacies’ industry manufacture of mineral waters and “Åkers
krutbruk (explosives) – the Swedish states first pharmaceutical company.” The second
issue of 2019 contained an article on the reopening of Svanen pharmacy in Lund, an article
on the early history of the Swedish pharmaceutical industry, sexually transmitted diseases
and an article on the fate of the Matfors Pharma Factory.
About 250 persons have been guided through the museum in 2018. Several new donations
have been taken care of including an old painting of Paracelsus, made by an unknown
painter. Some refurbishment of the pharmacy history museum premises has been madeduring the year. A project leader was hired to lead the development of making the museum
more available for visits by the public. This work will lead to a temporary closure of themuseum during the first months of 2020.

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SWITZERLAND – SCHWEIZERISCHEGESELLSCHAFT FÜR GESCHICHTE DER
PHARMAZIE / SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE D’HISTOIRE DE LA
PHARMACIE

Ursula Hirter-Trüb

hirter.sggp@bluewin.ch

Last year, we had the pleasure of hosting a symposium in honor of the Swiss
pharmacy historian Professor Dr. François Ledermann to celebrate his70th birthday. Together with the German Society for the History of Pharmacy,nine speakers, friends and companions of Prof. Ledermann were invited to theInstitute for the History of Medicine in Bern. Under the title “Scientia non unius
populi sed orbis terrarum - zur Vielsprachigkeit in der Geschichte derPharmazie” Prof. Sabine Anagnostou (Marburg), Prof. Hubert Steinke (Bern), Prof.
Yves Lehmann and Dr. Hélène Lehmann (Strasbourg), Dr Angelo Beccarelli(Milan), Prof. Francisco Puerto Sarmiento (Madrid), Prof. Christoph Friedrich(Marburg), Dr. Bruno Bonnemain (Chelles), Dr. Manfred Fankhauser (Langnau)
and Dr. des. Sara Gnehm (Winterthur) gave exciting and interesting lectures. If
you would like to know more about the speakers and their presentations, you canfind the details at www.histpharm.ch.
More than 45 people attended the symposium, a nice opportunity to meet old
friends and make new acquaintances, for which sufficient opportunity wasplanned. A commemorative publication on the symposium will be published inspring 2020. In addition to the festive symposium, the ordinary General Assemblyof the Society was held, as every year. We are pleased to announce that in the
person of Dr. Barbara Brauckmann, an interested and experienced naturalscientist was elected to the board. Again, in February and August 2019 one issueof the Novellas could be published, which can now also be viewed on the
homepage.
At the beginning of October, a small group of members met for a social event,which this year took place in the Val-de-Travers, a remote valley in the west of
Switzerland. The first destination was the asphalt mines of La Presta, from whichin the 19th century the asphalt was used for the pavements in Paris, among otherthings. Afterwards we visited the Absinthe distillery Bovet in Môtiers, enjoyedstories from the time when Absinthe was banned and the varied tasting of thisspecial drink.

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L’année 2019 a été marquée par le symposium organisé spécialement pour le70ième anniversaire du Prof. François Ledermann. Il a été préparé de concert
avec la Société allemande pour l’Histoire de la Pharmacie et a réuni dans leslocaux de l’Institut bernois d’Histoire de la Médecine pas moins de 9
conférenciers, amis et autres collègues de notre jubilaire. Sur le thème « Scientia
non unius populi sed orbis terrarum – le multilinguisme dans l’histoire de lapharmacie » se sont succédés la Prof. Sabine Anagnostou (Marburg), le Prof.
Hubert Steinke (Berne), les Prof. Yves Lehmann et Dre. Hélène Lehmann(Strasbourg), le Dr. Angelo Beccarelli (Milan), le Prof. Francisco Puerto Sarmiento(Madrid), le Prof. Christoph Friedrich (Marburg), le Dr. Bruno Bonnemain(Chelles), le Dr. Manfred Fankhauser (Langnau) et la Dre. cand. Sara Gnehm(Winterthur), nous proposant autant de présentations passionnantes. Ceux qui
aimeraient en savoir plus sur les conférenciers ou leurs interventions en
trouveront tous les détails utiles sur notre site www.histpharm.ch.
Plus de 45 personnes ont pris part à ce symposium et ont profité des intervalles
conviviaux réservés à cet effet pour retrouver de vieux amis ou développer denouvelles amitiés. Au printemps prochain, sortira une publication réunissantl’ensemble des conférences présentées lors de ce symposium.
L’assemblée générale ordinaire de notre société a été organisée en parallèle à
cette manifestation. Elle a notamment permis l’élection au sein de notre bureau
du Dre Barbara Brauckmann, une scientifique expérimentée. Relevons enfin que
nous avons à nouveau pu sortir deux éditions de nos « Novellas » en février etaoût 2019. Elles sont désormais accessibles sur notre homepage.
Quelques membres de la société se sont retrouvés début octobre pour notreréunion amicale habituelle. Elle s’est déroulée cette année dans le Val-deTravers, une vallée du Jura Neuchâtelois. La visite de la mine d’asphalte de la
Presta a constitué l’un des points forts de la journée, une mine dont la production
a entre autres fourni le matériau nécessaire à la construction des trottoirs deParis. Suivit ensuite une autre visite d’un intérêt différent…, celle de la distillerie
Bovet à Môtiers, avec à la clé moultes anecdotes liées à la période de prohibition
de l’absinthe et bien entendu plusieurs dégustations!

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Im vergangenen Jahr durften wir zu Ehren des Schweizer Pharmaziehistorikers
Professor Dr. François Ledermann ein Festsymposium zum 70. Geburtstag
ausrichten. Zusammen mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Geschichte derPharmazie konnten neun Redner, Freunde und Wegbegleiter des Jubilars nachBern ins Institut für Medizingeschichte eingeladen werden. Unter dem Titel„Scientia non unius populi sed orbis terrarum - zur Vielsprachigkeit in derGeschichte der Pharmazie“ haben Prof. Sabine Anagnostou (Marburg), Prof.
Hubert Steinke (Bern), Prof. Yves Lehmann und Dr. Hélène Lehmann (Strassburg),
Dr. Angelo Beccarelli (Mailand), Prof. Francisco Puerto Sarmiento (Madrid), Prof.
Christoph Friedrich (Marburg), Dr. Bruno Bonnemain (Chelles), Dr. Manfred
Fankhauser (Langnau) und Dr. des. Sara Gnehm (Winterthur) spannende undinteressante Vorträge gehalten. Wer mehr zu den Referenten und deren
Vorträgen wissen möchte, findet die Angaben unter www.histpharm.ch.
Über 45 Personen nahmen am Symposium teil, eine schöne Gelegenheit, alte
Freunde zu treffen und neue Bekanntschaften zu schliessen, wofür genügend
Gelegenheit eingeplant war. Im Frühjahr 2020 wird eine Festpublikation zu dieser
Tagung erscheinen.
Neben

dem

Festsymposium

wurde,

wie

jedes

Jahr,

die

ordentliche

Generalversammlung der Gesellschaft abgehalten. Gerne teilen wir mit, dass inder Person von Dr. Barbara Brauckmann eine interessierte und versierte
Naturwissenschaftlerin in den Vorstand gewählt wurde. Wiederum konnten im
Februar und August 2019 je eine Ausgabe der „Novellas“ herausgegeben werden,
welche nun auch auf der Homepage einzusehen sind.
Anfangs Oktober traf sich eine kleine Gruppe von Mitgliedern zum geselligen
Anlass, welcher dieses Jahr im Val-de-Travers stattfand, einem abgelegenen Tal
im Westen der Schweiz. Das erste Ziel war die Asphaltmine von La Presta, auswelcher im 19. Jahrhundert der Asphalt unter anderem für die Trottoirs in Paris
verwendet wurde. Darauf besuchten wir die Absinthe-Destillerie Bovet in
Môtiers, genossen Geschichten aus der Zeit des Absinthverbots und die vielfältige
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TURKEY – TURKISH HISTORY OF PHARMACYRESEARCH GROUP

Halil Tekiner

haliltekiner@gmail.com

Although 2019 saw less activity than previous years, it was still active in terms of thehistory of pharmacy on the national and international levels.
In May, Dr. Burcu Sen Utsukarci (Istanbul) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil Tekiner (Kayseri)
visited Marburg, Germany, to participate in the 65th birthday celebration of Prof. Dr.
Christoph Friedrich, director of the History of Pharmacy Institute at Marburg
University. In September, Sen-Utsukarci and Tekiner attended the 44th International
Congress for the History of Pharmacy held in Washington, D.C., and gave 2 oralpresentations and 1 poster presentation. At the General Assembly of the International
Society for the History of Pharmacy, Tekiner was elected to serve as vice president
for another term.
In December, Prof. Dr. Afife Mat retired from Istanbul University Faculty of
Pharmacy. Turkish historians of pharmacy appreciate her precious efforts to keep
the history of pharmacy spirit alive in the country for decades with numerous books,
papers, events, and achievements. These include re-establishing the Turkish Historyof Pharmacy Museum in Istanbul in 2012, organizing the 42nd International Congress
for the History of Pharmacy in Istanbul in 2015 and a number of national gatherings
across Turkey, and founding the History of Pharmacy and Ethics Department at
Istanbul University. We wish Professor Mat good health and a successful, enjoyable,
and relaxing retirement.
On December 30, 2019, Tekiner received the Distinguished Young Scientist Award of
the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) at the official ceremony held in Ankara.
Selected publications from the year are as follows:
1. Tekiner, Halil., Karamanou, Marianna. The Unna boot: a historical dressing forvaricose ulcers. Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica 2019; 27(4): 273-274.
2. Tekiner, Halil., Mat, Afife. Fatma Belkis Derman (1906–1958): The first female
community pharmacist in Turkey. Pharmaceutical Historian 2019; 49(3): 64-69.
3. Tekiner, Halil. A brief history of Turkish pharmacy in caricature. Geschichte derPharmazie 2019; 71(1-2): 21-27.

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UNITED KINGDOM – BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF PHARMACY

Peter G. Homan

p.g.homan2@btinternet.com

Our annual lecture programme began in February. Presented by Professor AnneCharlton, it was entitled “Byzantine Pharmacology between East and West.”
The Annual Conference was held in Southsea, near Portsmouth, 29 to 31 March.
Friday, after dinner, we were given a talk about “Portsmouth and D-Day” byAndrew Whitmarsh of Portsmouth Museums. The Saturday morning papers
presented were: “One hundred years of pharmacy education in Portsmouth” byDarek Gorecki, “John Woodall and the Surgeon’s Mate (1617)” by Chris Duffin,“Oxymel in Ottoman pharmacy” by Ayman Atat. Following a coffee break andposter viewing, papers continued with “Highlights of an ephemera collection” byPeter Homan and “Pharmacy and migration: James Butler Swann (1834–1901) andhis three sons in New Zealand, Fiji and Samos” by Stuart Anderson.
Saturday afternoon there was a guided tour of the Tudor ship Mary Rose. The
evening meal was followed by a quiz. On Sunday, following the Annual General
Meeting, lectures continued with “Consuming New World drugs in Early Modern
London: James Peiver’s apothecary practice,” by Katrina Maydom (the Burnby
Bursary winner) and “V Antim Tart, Emp Lyttae and others: naval pharmacy on ariver expedition in Africa, 1825.” The May lecture was given by Professor Clare
Fowler entitled “The Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 and its descendants.”
In June we visited the National Archives at Kew for a guided tour “Behind theScenes.” The October lecture was by Henrietta McBurney Ryan, “Animal,
vegetable, mineral and Dr John Addenbrooke’s cabinet of materia medica.”
Details of our future events, bursaries and contacts may be found on our website
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USA – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORYOF PHARMACY

Dennis Birke

dennis.birke@aihp.org

44th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy: During 2019, theAmerican Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP) devoted much time and effort
to planning and hosting the 44th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy(ICHP), which was held in Washington, D.C., on September 5-8, 2019. The Congress
was attended by approximately 150 participants from 24 countries. Participantspresented more than 50 papers and the poster competition drew 33 entries. Other
activities included four plenary lectures, two plenary panels, seven scientific tours
and numerous receptions. It was wonderful to welcome colleagues from around theworld to the U.S. and to spend several days together exploring our shared interest in
the history of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals.
AIHP Awards Bestowed in 2019: AIHP conferred several awards during 2019 forcontributions to the history of pharmacy. AIHP’s George Urdang Medal was awarded
to Gregory Higby, PhD, for his publications describing the evolution of American
pharmacy during the 19th century. The selection panel cited the breadth and depthof his writings that trace the development of American pharmacy and his ability toprovide insight to pharmacy’s evolution. Dr. Higby served as AIHP’s Executive
Director prior to this retirement in December 2018. AIHP’s Edward Kremers Award
was awarded to Alain Touwaide, PhD, for his body of published work on materia
medicaand pharmaceutical practice in Antiquity, Byzantium, the Arabic world, andthe Renaissance. The selection panel cited in particular the commentary volume heauthored for Tractatus de Herbis – Codex Sloane MS. 4016 (Moleiro, 2013). Dr.
Touwaide is the co-founder and current scientific director of the Institute for the
Preservation of Medical Traditions. He teaches at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
The 2019 AIHP Robert P. Fischelis Award was awarded to George B. Griffenhagen forhis decades of support of AIHP and his contributions to the field of the history ofpharmacy. Mr. Griffenhagen, an AIHP member since 1949, served in numerous
leadership positions at the Institute (including President and Secretary) for morethan fifty years. He was a member of the International Academy for the History of
Pharmacy and served on the planning committee for the 1983 ICHP. Sadly, Mr.
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Grants-in-Aid: In 2019, AIHP awarded a PhD Thesis Support Grant to Naomi Rendina, a
PhD candidate in the Department of History at Case Western Reserve University. The$2,000 grant is supporting Ms. Rendina’s research regarding the development ofchildbirth-inducing drugs. AIHP also awarded financial assistance grants to four early
career researchers to allow them to attend the 44th ICHP. AIHP provided the awardees
with complimentary registrations for the Congress and with three complimentary nights
at the conference hotel.
Annual Meeting: AIHP conducted its annual membership meeting on November 14, 2019.
Approximately 35 members participated in the meeting, which was conducted as a live
web conference. In addition to reports from AIHP officers and staff, the meeting
included a lecture by John Swann, PhD, entitled “From Daffy’s Elixir to dinitrophenol:
medicines and their early regulation in America.” Dr. Swann is a historian at the U.S.
Food & Drug Administration and a past president of AIHP. At the meeting, W. Clarke
Ridgway was installed as AIHP’s President. Mr. Ridgway succeeds William Zellmer, who
had served as AIHP’s President for the past six years.
Pharmacy in History: AIHP’s periodic journal, Pharmacy in History, marked its 60th yearof publication in 2019. During the year, Lucas Richert, PhD, AIHP’s Historical Directorand Editor-in-Chief of Pharmacy in History, instituted several changes designed tostrengthened and improve the publication. A new Editorial Board has been established.
In addition, a new editorial team has been established, comprised of three Contributing
Editors and three Review Editors (all volunteers).
Two issues of Pharmacy in History were published in 2019. Volume 61, no. 1 & 2, was aspecial issue in honor of recently retired AIHP Executive Director Gregory Higby, PhD. It
included a reprint of one of Dr. Higby’s most important articles, “Heroin and medical
reasoning: the power of analogy” and a selected bibliography of his publications. The
issue’s lead articles include “Government as apothecary: Civil War pharmacy and thecommon good,” by Michael A. Flannery and “Erectogenic drugs in Greek Medicine,” byBrent Arehart.
Volume 61, numbers 3 & 4, included a special “Future of the History of Pharmacy” sectionthat presented essays by 15 historians, pharmacists, curators, and others suggesting
possible futures for the historical study of drugs, medicines, and pharmacy. The issue
also included three articles about the history of cannabis. Matthew DeCloedt wrote
about “Human rights litigation and the medicalization of cannabis in Canada” since 2000.
Lucía Romero recounts the story of “Medical cannabis in Argentina,” and Michael
Couchman’s article, “Medicine, moral panic, and the international context of Canadiancannabis,” explores the longer history of the world-wide war against marijuana.

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Rosemary Gibson delivering remarks during the opening General Session
Discussion Panel addressing “The Past, Present, and Future of Pharmacopeias.”
Other panelists (from left) included Olivier Lafont, Stefan Wulle, Ronald
Piervincenzi, John Swann, and Axel Helmstaedter.

Congress participants viewing therare book collection at the U.S.
National Library of Medicine, oneof the six scientific tours offeredat the Congress.

Congress participants who toured themuseumandlaboratories
attheheadquarters of the U.S. Pharmacopeial
Convention (USP), one the scientifictours offered at the Congress.

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