Museum display explores popular medicines
The museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched a new popular medicines display, which traces the history of 12 proprietary medicines and includes the original medicines, packaging and advertising for each product.
The display includes well-known brands such as Beecham’s and Holloway’s,
alongside lesser-known classics such as Dr James’s Fever Powder,
which was patented in 1746, and Fennings’ Children’s Cooling
Powders, still on sale today.
Situated in the conference suite of the Society’s London headquarters,
the display can be viewed by visitors attending events in this area,
or as part of a pre-booked guided tour of the museum on Tuesday afternoons.
Bookings can be made by contacting the Museum office on 020 7572 2210,
or at museum@rpsgb.org
The display coincides with the publication of a new book by the Pharmaceutical
Press, “Popular
medicines — an illustrated history”,
which was partly written by two staff from the museum. The book portrays
the histories of 21 well-known medicines, and details the biography of
each inventor, the origins of the medicine and its subsequent history,
the medicine’s formula and its intended purpose.
It is available
to buy for £24.95 from the Society’s library or RPS
Publishing |
The
Pharmaceutical Journal