History Of Pharmacy Research Articles

Next Gen:

In a section devoted to assessing the future of the history of pharmacy, it certainly seems appropriate—if not mandatory—to ask where the historians of pharmacy of the future will come from. History of pharmacy has always been a small field with relatively few practitioners. This has definitely

Tribute to Gregory Higby

Gregory Higby has been “the Face” of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy for many years—along with Glenn Sonnedecker and Elaine Condouris Stroud. When I first became interested in the history of Russian pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry in the early 1980s (due to finding

The Boy from Bad Axe

I first met Greg Higby when he arrived in Madison as a graduate student in the history of pharmacy in 1978. Greg had recently received his pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan and had then spent some months as a staff pharmacist in his father’s drugstore in Bad Axe, Michigan (yes, there

Greg Higby, A Quarter Century of Fond Memories

I think my first association with Greg came in 1994 as the newly installed Director of the Lloyd Library, one of the largest pharmacognostic collections in the world. Besides the library’s natural association with the history of pharmacy, my interest in the library’s principal namesake, John Uri

Greg Higby and the History of Pharmacy

It has been my great pleasure to have known Greg Higby for nearly forty years as a friend, colleague, and counselor. Greg started in the History of Pharmacy graduate program at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy the year before I arrived in Madison in January 1980. There was another

One Future:

Pharmacy History has grown and continued to redefine itself since Elizabeth Siegel Watkins’s survey of the field in 2009.[1][1] Widening perspectives about healthcare and pharmacy have brought welcome contributions influenced by, to name but a few, histories of gender,[2][2] material culture,[3][3

Let's Keep Pharmacists in Pharmacy History

Let's Keep Pharmacists in Pharmacy History

One Future: Unpacking Empire and Colonialism

Pharmacy History has grown and continued to redefine itself since Elizabeth Siegel Watkins’s survey of the field in 2009.[1][1] Widening perspectives about healthcare and pharmacy have brought welcome contributions influenced by, to name but a few, histories of gender,[2][2] material culture,[3][3

Let’s Keep Pharmacists in Pharmacy History

A decade ago, Professor Elizabeth Siegel Watkins observed that public interest in the global development, marketing, and use of drugs was guiding “a new generation of historians to focus their sights on the history of pharmaceuticals not just in medicine, but also in science, society, commerce,

Psychoactivity for Sale

In 2017, we embarked on a new federally-funded research project that encompasses the history of health, medicine, and pharmacy. Spanning several countries and using a large time frame, we hope to historicize the concept of “psychoactivity” in a fresh way. Pills, powders, liquids, and leaves—

Psychoactivity for Sale

In 2017, we embarked on a new federally-funded research project that encompasses the history of health, medicine, and pharmacy. Spanning several countries and using a large time frame, we hope to historicize the concept of “psychoactivity” in a fresh way. Pills, powders, liquids, and leaves—

Call for Papers: “A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals”

Symposium and Special issues of Pharmacy in History, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs , and Canadian Bulletin of Medical History . The aim of this Call for Papers and ensuing special issues is to generate a discussion related to the underexplored social history of pharmacy and

Greg Higby, Mentor and Friend

I first began working at the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy while I was a doctoral candidate in American History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History. During my initial interview for a Project Assistant position at AIHP, I asked Greg Higby a question about the

Greg Higby, A Leading Player on the International Stage

To those of us who live and work outside the United States, Greg Higby has been the face and voice of the history of pharmacy in America for more years than we care to remember. For many years, Greg has had an almost universal presence through his writings, his conference presentations, and his

The Post-Pharmaceutical Era

Will a day ever come when pharmaceuticals become obsolete and pharmacists become redundant? In fact, that day may be nearer than we think; it could well be with us within the next sixty years. But how central are pharmaceuticals to the history of pharmacy? And if there are no pharmacists in the

The Post-Pharmaceutical Era

Will a day ever come when pharmaceuticals become obsolete and pharmacists become redundant? In fact, that day may be nearer than we think; it could well be with us within the next sixty years. But how central are pharmaceuticals to the history of pharmacy? And if there are no pharmacists in the

Lunch with Greg

I have been the Curator at the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy for more than twenty years, and, until his retirement at the end of 2018, Greg Higby was the Institute’s Executive Director for my entire career at AIHP. I count myself lucky that, throughout my time working with him,

Call for Papers: “A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals”

Call for Papers: “A New Social History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals”

Greg Higby Reflections

I first met Greg Higby in the mid 1980s when he was the acting director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. It was at an APhA annual meeting and I had some time on my hands and decided to sit in on one of the history paper sessions. It was a period when many of the giants of the

Greg Higby, A Leading Player on the International Stage

To those of us who live and work outside the United States, Greg Higby has been the face and voice of the history of pharmacy in America for more years than we care to remember. For many years, Greg has had an almost universal presence through his writings, his conference presentations, and his