Museum adds two more publications to its range of information sheets
The museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has expanded its range of information sheets with the addition of two new publications covering mortars and the history of the Society.
An illustration for the information sheet on mortars,
showing a selection of mortars from the museum’s collections |
A portrait of William Allen, the Society’s first president,
illustrates the information sheet on the Society’s history |
“Mortars” offers an insight into the history of these symbolic
pharmaceutical objects, focusing particularly on bell-metal mortars and
their production.
It is the latest addition to a series of information sheets about objects
in the history of pharmacy.
The 17 earlier sheets in the pharmaceutical series cover: drug preparation
and extraction; secundum artem — the skill of the apothecary and
pharmacist; liquid medicines and medicine bottles; lozenges and pastilles;
suppositories, pessaries and bougies; ointments, creams and plasters;
pills and pill-making; powders and cachets; capsules and tablets; patent
and brand-name medicines; balances, weights and measures; dispensary
bottles; pharmaceutical symbols; English delftware storage jars; display
glassware; domestic medicine chests; and homoeopathy.
The information sheet on “The history of the Society” gives a brief
introduction to the development of the Society from its foundation in 1841 to
the present day. It describes the Society’s establishment and early years
in detail and goes on to list milestones in its history up to the granting of
the Supplemental Charter in 2004.
The history information sheet is the sixth information sheet in a series on the
Society and the profession. Others are concerned with the Society’s arms,
its motto, its headquarters building, the history of the museum, and women in
pharmacy.
All the information sheets are illustrated, mainly with images drawn from the
Society’s museum. Many of these images are also available from the museum
as postcards.
Commenting on the latest publications, the keeper of the museum collections,
Briony Hudson, said: “These are the latest in the museum’s series
of information sheets which have provided a popular source of information. I
hope that the new sheet giving a concise overview of the history of the Society
will be particularly helpful.”
All the museum information sheets are available to download as PDF files from
the museum section of
the Society’s
website. Copies can also be requested from the museum office (tel 020 7572 2210;
e-mail museum@rpsgb.org).
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