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History of American Pharmacy
Robert L. McCarthy provides an overview of American pharmaceutical practices from the Colonial era to today, including changes in education and licensure requirements, and the development of professional organizations.
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Share Pharmacy and medicine in Colonial America relied largely on traditional practices and homemade remedies. Many medicines of the period were derived from plants, some of which had therapeutic value, though often not targeted for the appropriate clinical condition. McCarthy discusses how physicians during this period practiced heroic medicine, which included bleeding patients and the use of emetics and purgatives. He provides an overview of American pharmaceutical practices from the Colonial era to today, including changes in education and licensure requirements, and the development of professional organizations.
Robert L. McCarthy is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut, serving as Dean from 2002 to 2013. He earned his BS in Pharmacy, MS in Hospital Pharmacy, and PhD in Law, Policy and Society at Northeastern University. McCarthy served as Dean and Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of New England from 2018 to 2022, and he has also held faculty positions at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Northeastern University, and Boston University. His scholarship has focused on the ethical issues facing pharmacy practitioners, and he has taught courses in health care systems, health care policy, communication, biomedical ethics, and the history of pharmacy.
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Wed, Apr 16, 2025 6:00 PM
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