Update on Dispensing Part I. The history of dispensing and medical practice
Keywords:
Historical Article, History of Medicine, Pharmacists, Physicians
Abstract
In a short historical overview of dispensing dating back to 3500 BC, the development of medical practice over the centuries is given, explaining how medicine and religion were intertwined, how apothecaries and physicians were fighting one another and how the South African rules for dispensing developed.
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