John K. Crellin
Auteur van A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants: Herbal Medicine Past and Present
Over de Auteur
John K. Crellin is John Clinch Professor of the History of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Werken van John K. Crellin
Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (Mcgill-Queen's/Hannah Institute Studies in the History of Medicine, Health,… (1994) 11 exemplaren
A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day (2004) 7 exemplaren
Public expectations and physician's responsibilities : voices of medical humanities (2005) 5 exemplaren
Medical Care in Pioneer Illinois 2 exemplaren
Glass and British pharmacy, 1600-1900: A survey and guide to the Wellcome Collection of British glass, (1972) 2 exemplaren
Medical ceramics a catalogue of the English and Dutch collections in the Museum of the Wellcome Institute of the… (1969) 1 exemplaar
Brecknockshire Rare Plant Register 1 exemplaar
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This is really an evolution of apothecaries and drugstores from the early 19th century through it's growth. John K. Crellin has written a well-researched, presented and illustrated history in general but particularly in Newfoundland. At the time, Newfoundland was not a part of Canada, so most associated companies and ideas were British. At one time many of the medicines were mixed with mortar and pestle, though some were imported from Britain and France. The changes in the present and into the future are worthy of note. We learn that drugstores have at one time or another contained besides medicine, such things as candy, cosmetics, perfumes, sodas, books and other items usually expected in other stores. We appear at this point with our huge drugstores, we might say we have come full circle.
I enjoyed reading this book and learning so much of the past and present. How the druggists handled crises, their doctoring skills, among others. This is a capsule of the evolution of drugstores everywhere, but in Newfoundland the history is abundant. A very interesting part of a history we all share in a way.… (meer)