Pharmaceutical Historiography

Author : Lesley Richmond,Julie Stevenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351884297

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The Pharmaceutical Industry by Lesley Richmond,Julie Stevenson Pdf

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years. The modern industry is constantly in the news as new breakthroughs in medical treatment are announced, often provoking ethical and social debates about the implications of new technologies. This volume facilitates the study of the industry by providing information on the present location of pharmaceutical archives. The core of the book consists of a business-by-business guide to the industry's records. Each entry includes a brief history of the company, a summary of its surviving archives and a bibliography of related publications. Similar entries exist for trade associations and schools of pharmacy associated with the industry and there are two appendices listing small collections of records held and relevant public records. The historical compendium is supplemented by three introductory essays, written by leading academics in the field, outlining the history of the industry and describing the nature and uses of the archival records which it has created. These essays are supplemented by a select chronology of pharmaceutical legislation and a select bibliography of histories relating to the pharmaceutical industry in general. A users guide helps readers understand how the business entries were constructed and is supplemented by a glossary of terms used in this book As such, this book will no doubt prove an invaluable resource to researchers undertaking comparative studies of the pharmaceutical industry, the history of medicine and the retailing of medical drugs.

Author : Alex Berman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Pharmacy
ISBN : UOM:39015072276259

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Pharmaceutical Historiography by Alex Berman Pdf

Author : Stuart Anderson
Publisher : Pharmaceutical Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Drugs
ISBN : 0853695970

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Making Medicines by Stuart Anderson Pdf

Making Medicines is a concise, chronological discussion of the history of therapeutics and pharmacy from the Egyptians through to the present day. It focuses on the discovery and uses of medicines to treat illness through the ages, and the evolving role of the pharmacist. Each chapter is contributed by an expert in the period or field, and illustrates how wider social, political and economic developments have influenced drug development and shaped pharmacy practice.The book has two colour-plate sections illustrating how pharmacy has developed over the centuries. Numerous photographs are also included in the text.Written by an expert in the field, this book will appeal to pharmacists and pharmacy students, as well as to other healthcare practitioners and medical historians.

Author : Mary Schaeffer Conroy
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0820478997

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The Soviet Pharmaceutical Business During the First Two Decades (1917-1937) by Mary Schaeffer Conroy Pdf

Putting privately owned Russian pharmacies and pharmaceutical factories under state control in 1918/1919 did not improve the output and the distribution of soaps, disinfectants, hormones, vitamins, and medicines. Newly available archival records show that managers appointed by the Soviet government to run sequestered factories employed business methods common to market economies to make the Soviet pharmaceutical sector profitable and productive. However, an inefficient macroeconomy and interference in day-to-day policy-making in the core industry by exogenous officials (frequent reorganization, limits on imports, and excessive exports) hindered production; this plus inefficient distribution shorted consumers. Inadequate amounts of pharmaceuticals undoubtedly contributed to high mortality during the civil war (1917-1921), collectivization and industrialization (1927-1938), and World War II (1939-1945).

Author : Lesley Richmond,Julie Stevenson,Alison Turton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0754633527

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The Pharmaceutical Industry by Lesley Richmond,Julie Stevenson,Alison Turton Pdf

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years. The modern industry is constantly in the news as new breakthroughs in medical treatment are announced, often provoking ethical and social debates about the implications of new technologies. This volume facilitates the study of the industry by providing information on the present location of pharmaceutical archives. The core of the book consists of a business-by-business guide to the industry's records. Each entry includes a brief history of the company, a summary of its surviving archives and a bibliography of related publications. Similar entries exist for trade associations and schools of pharmacy associated with the industry and there are two appendices listing small collections of records held and relevant public records. The historical compendium is supplemented by three introductory essays, written by leading academics in the field, outlining the history of the industry and describing the nature and uses of the archival records which it has created. These essays are supplemented by a select chronology of pharmaceutical legislation and a select bibliography of histories relating to the pharmaceutical industry in general. A users guide helps readers understand how the business entries were constructed and is supplemented by a glossary of terms used in this book As such, this book will no doubt prove an invaluable resource to researchers undertaking comparative studies of the pharmaceutical industry, the history of medicine and the retailing of medical drugs.

Author : Patrice Boussel,Henri Bonnemain,Frank James Bové
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Farmaci
ISBN : UOM:39015006002003

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History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Industry by Patrice Boussel,Henri Bonnemain,Frank James Bové Pdf

Author : Viviane Quirke,Judy Slinn
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Pharmaceutical industry
ISBN : 3039109200

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Perspectives on Twentieth-century Pharmaceuticals by Viviane Quirke,Judy Slinn Pdf

One of the most striking features of the twentieth century has been the rapid growth of the pharmaceutical industry and the large increases in the use and consumption of its products. This trend began in the first half of the century, but accelerated most sharply after the Second World War, when the creation of national systems of healthcare created mass markets for drugs. The industry then assumed a major economic, social and political significance, and became one of the most highly regulated sectors of the economy, attracting the attention of industry analysts as well as academics. This volume brings together a collection of papers exploring and reflecting upon some of the significant strands in the current studies of pharmaceuticals in the twentieth century. They touch upon many of the issues that are matters of concern and debate today, and their international and multidisciplinary approaches enrich our understanding of an object, of an industry, and of a process that are at the heart of our highly medicalized contemporary societies.

Author : Ronald E. Doel,Thomas Söderqvist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134482962

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The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine by Ronald E. Doel,Thomas Söderqvist Pdf

As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science, this book reviews the problems facing historians of technology, contemporary science and medicine, and explores new ways forward. With contributions from key researchers in the field, the text covers topics that will be of ever increasing interest to historians of post-war science, including the difficulties of accessing and using secret archival material, the interactions between archivists, historians and scientists, and the politics of evidence and historical accounts.

Author : Edward Kremers,Glenn Sonnedecker,George Urdang
Publisher : Amer. Inst. History of Pharmacy
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Pharmacy
ISBN : 0931292174

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Kremers and Urdang's History of Pharmacy by Edward Kremers,Glenn Sonnedecker,George Urdang Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9995630532

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History of Pharmacy and the Pharmaceutical Industry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graham Dutfield
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811222498

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That High Design Of Purest Gold: A Critical History Of The Pharmaceutical Industry, 1880-2020 by Graham Dutfield Pdf

This book is a history of medicines and the commercial actors that make and sell them, covering the 140 years since the modern pharmaceutical industry came into being. It is written in a lively and accessible way, aiming at a general audience that combines historical narrative with fascinating case studies on drug discovery and commercialization, from the rat poison that became warfarin, to a cardiovascular treatment that was turned into Viagra. In a non-partisan way it also examines some of the less noble manifestations of corporate behavior, concluding with an agenda for reform.It is hard to think of anything nobler than to bring to the world a medicine that saves lives. And over 140 years of history, the pharmaceutical industry has produced a range of remarkable products, albeit typically with external scientific and financial support. Making medicines is a very big and profit-driven business, and the industry does not always make the right products for the right people, or at the right prices.The industry wields immense power over lives and economies. How has it risen to this position of dominance? Are the interests of the industry and the public in balance? What should we admire about the industry? What should we criticise and seek to change? The importance of this book lies in the fact that we are all stakeholders in this industry whether or not we own shares, so we all need answers to these questions.Related Link(s)

Author : Jonathan Liebenau,Gregory Higby,Elaine Condouris Stroud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drug trade
ISBN : UOM:39015020871060

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Pill Peddlers by Jonathan Liebenau,Gregory Higby,Elaine Condouris Stroud Pdf

Papers cover the history of the pharmaceutical industry and of pharmacists and industralists in Great Britain, Switzerland, France, and America.

Author : Philip J. Eijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9004105557

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Ancient Histories of Medicine by Philip J. Eijk Pdf

This collection of essays focuses on the ways in which Greek and Latin authors viewed and wrote about the history of medicine in the ancient world. Special attention is given to medical doxography, i.e. the description of the characteristic doctrines of the great medical authorities of the past. The volume examines the various attitudes to the history of medicine adopted by a wide range of ancient writers (e.g. Aristotle, Galen, Celsus, Herophilus, Soranus, Oribasius, Caelius Aurelianus). It discusses the historical sense of ancient medicine, the variety of versions of the medical past that were created and the wide range of purposes and strategies which medico-historical writing served. It also deals with the question of the sources, the role of historiographical traditions and the variety of literary genres of ancient medico-historical writing.

Author : Roy Porter,Andrew Wear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429676727

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Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine by Roy Porter,Andrew Wear Pdf

Originally published in 1987, Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine is a collection of papers surveying and assessing the particular approaches and techniques which have been used in the history of medicine in the past or are still being developed (from the influence of Annales to the role of the computer). The emphasis is on historical practice rather than methodology in isolation. Besides the topics indicated above, a third problematic is that of historical demography. A common theme to all three groups of paper is the relation between quantitative ‘hard’ data and qualitative ‘soft’ data.

Author : Andrea Tone,Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814783016

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Medicating Modern America by Andrea Tone,Elizabeth Siegel Watkins Pdf

With Americans paying more than $200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, stimulants, statins, and Viagra. All of these drugs have been popular, profitable, influential, and controversial, and the authors take a historical approach to studying their development, prescription, and consumption. This perspective locates the histories of prescription medicines in specific cultural contexts while revealing the extent to which contemporary debates about pharmaceutical drugs echo concerns voiced by Americans in the past. Exploring the rich and multi-faceted history of pharmaceutical drugs in the United States, Medicating Modern America unveils the untold stories behind America's pharmaceutical obsession. Contributors include: Robert Bud, Jennifer R. Fishman, Jeremy A. Greene, David Healy, Suzanne White Junod, Ilina Singh, Andrea Tone, and Elizabeth Siegel Watkins.