Pharmacy History
鈥楻ough on rats鈥� killer sentenced
It鈥檚 October 1894, and the AJP reports on a Victorian serial killer 鈥� and the pharmacist who gave evidence against her 鈥淭he trial of the wholesale poisoner, Martha Needle, for …
Pharmacy鈥檚 鈥榳ave of violence鈥�
Drug 鈥渆xperimenters鈥� fuel crime, salaries plummet in comparison to other professionals, and the vexed issue of penalty rates arises 鈥� is the sector having a 70s Summer? Many of the …
Is pharmacy going to the 鈥榙emnition bow-wows鈥�?
One country nationalises its pharmacies, we publish a tongue-in-cheek complaint about 鈥済irls鈥� becoming chemists, and we find out why chemists don鈥檛 get rich The October 1924 issue of the Australasian …
Scrutinising monopolies
It鈥檚 1944, and while World War Two rages, Australia is sitting on a vast amount of reserved drugs 鈥� while the AJP offered some thoughts on monopolies In our October, …
鈥楪reat difficulty in replenishing stocks鈥� on the 1914 horizon
With the Great War underway, how will medicines supply be affected in the Antipodes? Our September, 1914 edition began with a contribution by an E.F. Lipsham from Adelaide, who noted …
Diphtheria antitoxin use plummets
It鈥檚 1964 and the times are changing 鈥� as are the diseases facing Australians, as the AJP pointed out in an in-depth look at one hospital pharmacy In our September …
Should the 鈥榗hain store menace鈥� be curbed?
Our September 1934 issue focused on the vexed issue of chain stores, with some calling for governments to step in to limit them We began with commentary from Alan Foley, …
How to survive telephone shopping and video phones
There鈥檚 careless whispers coming from Canberra about a potential reduction in the number of pharmacies in Australia, as AJP goes back to the future of the first Guild-Government agreement It鈥檚 …
Barbiturate, alcohol warning…and an arsenic retrospective
Barbiturate poisonings on the rise, a proposal to require scripts for the 鈥渟o-called tranquilising drugs鈥� and a crackdown on arsenic sales 鈥� how pharmacy was changing in the 50s The …
Dispensing dwindles in the Depression
It鈥檚 1934, and pharmacists are worried that if doctors keep prescribing proprietary medicines, they will have nothing to do but hand out these remedies The August, 1934 edition of the …
What鈥檚 in a name?
Pharmacists were being called to the polls to cast their ballots on a name change for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia in 1904 Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia …
Late-night pharmacies decried as 鈥榮tinkers鈥�
August 1974 was a busy month, with the demise of Drug Houses of Australia and a bad reaction to the new pharmaceutical advertising guidelines, but it was a different issue …