History

‘Universal Pills No 4’ — coloured lithograph published by W. Spooner, c. 1830s

Many caricatures were published during the 1830s ridiculing James Morison’s ‘Universal Pills’, including this example by an unknown artist in which a man has sprouted a carrot for a nose after taking one too many.…

Seven women pharmacists entered into the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Seven female pharmacists have been added to the latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.…

‘Rouse Ltd (Chemist) of Wigmore Street’, a 1953 oil painting by John Vicat Cole

This painting captures in detail the exterior of Rouse’s pharmacy at 12 Wigmore Street, London, W1.…

Memorial to Edward Frank Harrison (1869–1918)

Edward Frank Harrison registered as a pharmacist in 1891.…

175 years of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum

The Museum was set up to be a scientific reference resource of materia medica for students of the Society’s newly established School of Pharmacy.…

Medicinal plants: Britain’s home-grown wartime allies

Briony Hudson summarises a lecture about how medicinal plants were used during the wartime in Great Britain.…

A fascinating look at the history of toxicology

Toxicology in the middle ages and renaissance, edited by Philip Wexler…

Pharmacy history: past, present – and future

Briony Hudson provides highlights from this year’s British Society for the History of Pharmacy conference, and examines the lack of engagement from pharmacist in pharmacy history.…

RPS museum promoted at the British Society for the History of Pharmacy’s annual conference

The first day of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy’s annual conference was hosted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and included a presentation and guided tour by John Betts, keeper of the museum collections.…

How pharmacist William Wake’s time in the Royal Navy during the Second World War influenced his career

Pharmacist William Wake received the highest French order for military and civil merits at the end of 2016. Julia Robinson finds out more about his time in the navy during the Second World War and his career in pharmacy.…