New book on history of pharmacy published

摘要

A new book on the history of pharmacy is available from the Pharmaceutical Press(the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's publishing imprint).'Making medicines: a brief history of pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals' presents a chronological discussion of the history of therapeutics and pharmacy from the ancient Egyptians to the present.It focuses on the discovery and uses of medicines to treat illness through the ages,and the evolving role of the pharmacist.