Society Of Apothecaries Research Articles

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. H. Charles Cameron , E. Ashworth Underwood

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. H. Charles Cameron , E. Ashworth Underwood

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Volume I, 1617–1815. Abstracted and arranged from the manuscript notes of the late <italic>Cecil Wall</italic> by the late <italic>H. Charles Cameron</italic>. Revised, annotated, and edited by <italic>E. Ashworth Underwood</italic>. [Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, New Series, Number 8.] (New York: Oxford University Press for the Museum. 1963. Pp.

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Volume I, 1617–1815. Abstracted and arranged from the manuscript notes of the late <italic>Cecil Wall</italic> by the late <italic>H. Charles Cameron</italic>. Revised, annotated, and edited by <italic>E. Ashworth Underwood</italic>. [Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, New Series, Number 8.] (New York: Oxford University Press for the Museum. 1963. Pp.

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Vol. I, 1617–1815. By C. Wall, H. C. Cameron and E. A. Underwood. Pp. xiv + 450. Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, new series, no. 8. Oxford University Press, 1963. £2 15s.

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Vol. I, 1617–1815. By C. Wall, H. C. Cameron and E. A. Underwood. Pp. xiv + 450. Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, new series, no. 8. Oxford University Press, 1963. £2 15<i>s</i>.

A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Vol I: 1617-1815

The present-day medical practitioner has a lineage exceedingly complex—his ancestry includes not only the university-trained physician but also the grocer and apothecary, the barber and midwife. Most American physicians know little about their professional ancestry and consider this field the domain of the medical and social historian. The dearth of authoritative secondary sources which can present a clear and yet scholarly account of this background has handicapped the physician who wants to study his own past. Now at last we have a superb account of one major branch in the medical family tree—the apothecaries. This historical study has been a half century in the making. In 1905 Barrett wrote a History of the Society of Apothecaries . A more scholarly elaboration was undertaken by Dr. Cecil Wall, archivist of the Society, but when he died in 1947 his notes were not yet ready for publication. Dr. H. C. Cameron carried on

A history of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Volume I. 1617–1815. Abstracted and arranged from the manuscript notes of the late Cecil Wall, M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., by the late H. Charles Cameron, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. Revised annotated, and edited by E. Ashworth Underwood, M.A., B.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 450 + xiv, with 27 plates.

A history of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Volume I. 1617–1815. Abstracted and arranged from the manuscript notes of the late Cecil Wall, M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., by the late H. Charles Cameron, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. Revised annotated, and edited by E. Ashworth Underwood, M.A., B.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 450 + xiv, with 27 plates.

Book Review: A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London

Book Review: A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London

ALFRED BARING GARROD.

Gout and Garrod have been linked in medical literature for more than a century. This distinguished London physician, born in 1819 at Ipswich, identified uric acid as a normal constituent of the serum of healthy persons and devised a method for detecting its increased concentration in gouty subjects. Alfred attended the local grammar school and, after an apprenticeship with Mr. Charles Hammond, surgeon to the East Suffolk Hospital, entered University College Hospital, London, where he received the MD degree in 1843. He placed first in the examinations and was awarded the Galen medal for botany by the Society of Apothecaries. Loyalty to the University College Hospital continued in his postgraduate years, and he enjoyed the ascending progression of responsibility, beginning as assistant physician and ending as full physician and professor of therapeutics and clinical medicine. His "Observations on Certain Pathological Conditions of the Blood and Urine, in Gout, Rheumatism, and

17th Century Lambeth Delft Pill Tile

To the Editor:— The photograph of a 17th century Lambeth delft pill tile recently appearing in the Medical News section ofThe Journal( 184 :Adv p 53 [May 25] 1963) and reproduced in color on the cover of Pfizer Spectrum (vol 11, March-April, 1963) provides an interesting symbolic connection between the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, chartered in the year 1617, and The Medical Society of New Jersey, founded in 1766. The antique pill slab displays the coat of arms of the Society of Apothecaries of London, a professional body granted a royal charter by King James I. Such decorated tiles were presented to British pharmacists during the 17th and 18th centuries upon the completion of their apprenticeships and were used for making pills or as signs of guild membership. Rare surviving examples of these tiles, in oval, shield, or heart shapes, are preserved in museums here and abroad.

Society of Apothecaries' Awards

Society of Apothecaries' Awards

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of Apothecaries

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of Apothecaries

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of apothecaries

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of apothecaries

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of Apothecaries

Nicholas Staphorst: Chemical operator to the society of Apothecaries

The Romance of the Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea

How many persons pass daily by the modest botanical garden in Swan Walk, Chelsea, in blissful ignorance of its origin, its antiquity, and the romance attached to it. Dr. Drewitt's charming little work would tell them that it was established about 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries in order that their apprentices might make themselves familiar with the plants used in medicine that, later on, they would be prescribing for their patients. It would give them an insight into the separation of the Apothecaries from the Grocers, of the opposition the new Company had to face, the vicissitudes through which it had to pass, and the sacrifices it had to make to maintain its garden. Dr. Drewitt has understood how to weave into his account much of the changes that London and the surrounding villages have undergone during the last three centuries. He tells us of Johnson, Miller, Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Joseph Banks, and other celebrated men who did so much for the Garden, which attained so high a reputation that, as a letter written by a friend of Linnaeus to Miller when curator clearly shows, it was the Apothecaries' Garden which brought Linnaeus to London. The second edition of the book contains many additional details concerning the history of the trees in the Garden, so that even any one accustomed to use it for the purposes of study will take a far greater and more intelligent interest in it. The book is most fascinating, and can be read again and again with pleasure and profit.

Book Review An Index to General Practice . By A. Campbell Stark, M.B. and B.S. (Lond.), L.S.A. (Eng.), Ph.C. Exhibitioner and Gold Medallist of the University of London; Gold Medallist of the Society of Apothecaries; Late Lecturer on Biology at Westminster Hospital Medical School; Late Demonstrator on Materia Medica at St. George's Hospital Medical School; Late District Surgeon St. John

Book Review An Index to General Practice . By A. Campbell Stark, M.B. and B.S. (Lond.), L.S.A. (Eng.), Ph.C. Exhibitioner and Gold Medallist of the University of London; Gold Medallist of the Society of Apothecaries; Late Lecturer on Biology at Westminster Hospital Medical School; Late Demonstrator on Materia Medica at St. George's Hospital Medical School; Late District Surgeon St. John

Society of Apothecaries of London

Society of Apothecaries of London

The Lister Memorial Fund

WE are informed that the contributions recently made to the Lister Memorial Fund include the following: Clothworkers' Company, 100l.; Grocers' Company, 52l. 10s.; Ironmongers' Company, 25l..; Mercers' Company, 105l..; Merchant Taylors' Company, 262l.. IDS.; Skinners' Company, 105l..; Society of Apothecaries, 52l.. 10s.; Corporation of the City of Glasgow, 52l.. 10s.; Royal College of Physicians, 21l..; Royal College of Surgeons, 52l.. 10s.; Royal Dublin Society, 50l.; Royal Horticultural Society, 52l. 10s.; the Royal Society, 10l.; Harveian Society, 10l. 10s.; Pharmaceutical Society, 10l. 10s.; Physiological Society, 10l. 10s.; Royal Microscopical Society, 5l. 5s.; Royal Sanitary Institute, 5l. 5s.; the Manchester Cooperative Wholesale Society, 21l., and many medical societies. Lord Strathcona has sent a donation of 100l., and Prof. Ehrlich, of Frankfurt, has sent one of 500 marks.

Book Review Hernia: Its Etiology, Symptoms and Treatment . By W. McAdam Eccles, M.S. (Lond.), F.R. C.S. (Eng.), Assistant Surgeon to and Demonstrator of Operative Surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Examiner in Surgery to the Society of Apothecaries; Examiner in Anatomy for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Late Hunterian Professor of Surgery, Royal College of

Book Review Hernia: Its Etiology, Symptoms and Treatment . By W. McAdam Eccles, M.S. (Lond.), F.R. C.S. (Eng.), Assistant Surgeon to and Demonstrator of Operative Surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Examiner in Surgery to the Society of Apothecaries; Examiner in Anatomy for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Late Hunterian Professor of Surgery, Royal College of

Recent Literature A Manual of Chemistry . By Arthur P. Luff, M.D., B.Sc, F.R.C.P., F.I.C., Physician to St. Mary's Hospital, and Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence in the Medical School; and Frederic J. M. Page, B.Sc, F.I.C., Lecturer on Chemistry and Physics to the London Hospital Medical College, Examiner on Chemistry and Physics to the Society of Apothecaries, London. Chicago: W.

Recent Literature A Manual of Chemistry . By Arthur P. Luff, M.D., B.Sc, F.R.C.P., F.I.C., Physician to St. Mary's Hospital, and Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence in the Medical School; and Frederic J. M. Page, B.Sc, F.I.C., Lecturer on Chemistry and Physics to the London Hospital Medical College, Examiner on Chemistry and Physics to the Society of Apothecaries, London. Chicago: W.

The History of the Society of Apothecaries of London

The History of the Society of Apothecaries of London

Recent Literature Medical Laboratory Methods and Tests . By Herbert French, M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P., Medical Registrar, Guy's Hospital; Gillson Scholar, Society of Apothecaries of London; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow, Oxford University. pp. 152 and 73 illustrations. Chicago: W. T. Keener &amp; Co.

Recent Literature Medical Laboratory Methods and Tests . By Herbert French, M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P., Medical Registrar, Guy's Hospital; Gillson Scholar, Society of Apothecaries of London; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow, Oxford University. pp. 152 and 73 illustrations. Chicago: W. T. Keener &amp; Co.