March 5, 2021

“…In Preference to a Better Qualified Woman”: Remembering Pharmacy Pioneer and Women’s Rights Activist Nellie Wakeman

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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March 4, 2021

Call for Nominations for the 2021 George Urdang Medal

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is now accepting nominations for the 2021 George Urdang Medal. The deadline for receipt of nominations is June 1, 2021. The George…

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March 2, 2021

Hidden Addicts: The Elderly and the Opioid Epidemic

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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March 2, 2021

AIHP Mourns the Passing of Joseph Oddis

AIHP is sad to report that Dr. Joseph A. Oddis, a longtime pharmacy leader at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and a loyal supporter of the Institute, died on…

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February 22, 2021

“The Environment was Just Ice”: Desegregating the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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February 17, 2021

New Faces at AIHP

In 2021, AIHP and the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy have warmly welcomed two new graduate students into the life of the Institute. Genevieve Lundberg, a first year Masters…

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February 16, 2021

Upcoming Pharmacy History Conferences

Two upcoming international conferences about the history of pharmacy may be of interest to AIHP members. The British Society for the History of Pharmacy on March 26–28, 2021, is hosting…

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February 12, 2021

The Drugstore Foundations of American Pharmacy

From the Collections is a recurring feature at aihp.org that highlights articles, artifacts, images, and other items of interest from AIHP publications and collections. This post is contributed by William…

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February 12, 2021

The Complicated Legacy of James E. Brown (c. 1802–1853), Liberian Colonial Apothecary

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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February 11, 2021

AIHP Announces HoPP Editorial Board Appointments

Lucas Richert, AIHP Historical Director and Editor-in-Chief of the institute’s academic journal History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals (HoPP), has announced the appointment of five distinguished scholars to HoPP‘s Editorial Board….

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