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Vol 277 No 7432 p777-800
23/30 December 2006

Christmas miscellany 2006 (1999-2005)

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800 (competition)

Casting spells and dispensing magic in 20th century British pharmacy777-779 Casting spells and dispensing magic in 20th century British pharmacy In this article Stuart Anderson describes some magical activities with which, until surprisingly recently, community pharmacists were involved
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780 A new trick for an old delivery system Yvonne Perrie and Alan Smith, at the medicines research unit, Aston University, and Jonathan Harris and Richard Shelton, at biomaterials unit at the school of dentistry, University of Birmingham, explain why they have been developing photosensitive liposomes
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781-782 Drugs used in the search for truth In this article, Peter Cooper, FRPharmS, reports on drugs that have been used in trials and interrogations
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Daffy's elexir783-784 Daffy: a legend in his own preparation In this article, Peter Homan looks at the general history of a bottle of elixir in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's museum collection
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784 Branches and charitable fund-raising This year, the Leicestershire and Rutland branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society held its 10th Diwali dinner
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785 A bitter case of pharmaceutical luck In this article, Peter Mackenzie, FRPharmS, a former managing director of Macfarlan Smith Ltd, describes his part in marketing what is claimed to be the world's most bitter substance: denatonium benzoate
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Christmas pudding786-788 Christmas pudding: a spicy tale Could the ingredients of your Christmas pudding put you in the festive spirit? Sarah Marshall investigates
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Pharmacy around the world
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The Lithuanian museum of pharmacy: tales from behind the iron curtain
It is not only the artefacts in museums that have interesting histories. Museums themselves — especially those that have survived wars and major regime changes — have tales to tell. In this article, Anatolijus Kostiukevicius and Tauras Mekas describe events that have affected the Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy in Kaunas, Lithuania
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Elephants, hens and Bradford women791-792 Elephants, hens and Bradford women! Ray Sturgess discovered that his first article in The Journal was published 50 years ago. In this article, he reviews his experiences since
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793 Ointment pots in an age of quack cures In this article, Mark Priestley describes the evolution of the packaging of ointments in the 19th century
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794 Politics and Sunderland graduates In this article, Colin Ranshaw, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council, takes a look into why Sunderland University has spawned so many pharmacy politicians
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Medihaler-Iso795-796 50th anniversary of the first pMDIs The management of asthma and other respiratory conditions suddenly became much easier 50 years ago. Steven Kayne explains why
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Pharmacy around the world
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Examples of pharmacy in Brazil
This year, the congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation took place in Salvador, Brazil. Pamela Mason attended as a reporter for The Journal, and in this article, she describes her visit to two of the city's pharmacies
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798 Book reviews
'Second chances' by Chris Morris
'The white games' by Chris Brewer
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Madame Bovary's Homais wins the Légion d'honneur799 O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick Elizabeth Mills and Ben Bollig give an overview of the portrayal of pharmacists in literature
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800 Can you identify the pharmacy objects? Here are objects (A–D) that are or have been found in pharmacies. Identify all four to win Marks & Spencer vouchers to the value of £50
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