A History of Organised Pharmacy in South Africa 1885-1950

(Cape Town: The Society for the History of Pharmacy in South Africa, 1986) 0620095180. Number 278 of an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author: the entire print-run was just 1020. 4to; original light blue boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 129, incl. index; liberally illustrated with contemporary artwork, photographs, facsimiles. Dustwrapper partially sunned and rubbed, with trace of edgewear, and earlier owner's tape repair to reverse of spine panel at tail; bottom edges of boards slightly shelf-rubbed; some moderate foxing to reverse of dustwrapper, endpapers and edges, with occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "A HISTORY OF ORGANISED PHARMACY IN SOUTH AFRICA is a unique publication, being the first attempt at an historical overview of the efforts of pharmacists to organise themselves as a discreet profession in the South African context. ... The book in its wide scope illustrates how the profession in South Africa was affected by major historical events of the century such as the two World Wars and the Great Depression. It charts the growth of organised pharmacy from the founding of the first voluntary pharmaceutical society in King William's Town on 13 June 1885 to 1950, tracing the development of pharmacy into a clearly identifiable profession. Trends since the fifties are also covered. The work has anecdotal properties and dwells to some extent on prominent personalities who were involved in the formation of the organisations that represent the profession today." .