abstract:The history of pharmacy as an independent science is quite old. The origins of historiography pharmaceutical back to the first third of the 19th century which is when the first historiographies that while not touching all aspects of pharmaceutical history is the starting point for the final start of this science.
Expect to see everything from old medical books and medicine to a replica of an old pharmacy store, as well an exhibitions on the historyof aspirin, discovered by French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853, and apothecary, the art ofpharmacy and medical treatment that dates back to 2600 BC.
Merck is suffering through the hardest period of its history, after pulling arthritis drug Vioxx off pharmacy shelves because it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke in a clinical study.
Two Turkish chemists prescribed penicillin antibiotics without inquiring about any historyof allergy, and one Egyptian pharmacy sold a cough suppressant containing oxeladine, a substance banned in many countries over fears that it might cause cancer.