Official Handbook For Pharmacists
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Board is damaged as per photo, tanning and foxing to pages.
A cornerstone of pharmaceutical regulation in colonial and early Federation Australia, the Official Handbook for Pharmacists issued by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria stands as an authoritative compendium of the laws and professional standards governing the practice of pharmacy in the state. The handbook presents a rigorous summary of legislation relating to the practice of pharmacy, alongside the sale, custody, and distribution of poisons and dangerous drugs, reflecting the era's growing recognition of public health as a matter of civic importance. Written with the precision and clarity demanded of a legal and professional reference, it instructs practitioners on their obligations under Victorian statute, serving as both a compliance guide and a definitive statement of professional conduct. Beyond its practical utility, this volume chronicles a pivotal period in the formalisation of the Australian pharmaceutical profession, capturing the legislative frameworks that shaped modern medicine and public safety standards across the continent. The Pharmacy Board of Victoria's meticulous attention to regulatory detail illustrates the broader movement toward professionalisation that defined late 19th and early 20th century institutional life in Australia. For historians of medicine, law, and Australian social history, this handbook remains an invaluable primary source — a rare window into the world that defined who could dispense, sell, and handle the substances upon which lives depended.
Author: Pharmacy Board Of Victoria
Format: Hardback
Published: 1932, Pharmacy Board of Victoria
Genre: Medicine
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Board is damaged as per photo, tanning and foxing to pages.
A cornerstone of pharmaceutical regulation in colonial and early Federation Australia, the Official Handbook for Pharmacists issued by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria stands as an authoritative compendium of the laws and professional standards governing the practice of pharmacy in the state. The handbook presents a rigorous summary of legislation relating to the practice of pharmacy, alongside the sale, custody, and distribution of poisons and dangerous drugs, reflecting the era's growing recognition of public health as a matter of civic importance. Written with the precision and clarity demanded of a legal and professional reference, it instructs practitioners on their obligations under Victorian statute, serving as both a compliance guide and a definitive statement of professional conduct. Beyond its practical utility, this volume chronicles a pivotal period in the formalisation of the Australian pharmaceutical profession, capturing the legislative frameworks that shaped modern medicine and public safety standards across the continent. The Pharmacy Board of Victoria's meticulous attention to regulatory detail illustrates the broader movement toward professionalisation that defined late 19th and early 20th century institutional life in Australia. For historians of medicine, law, and Australian social history, this handbook remains an invaluable primary source — a rare window into the world that defined who could dispense, sell, and handle the substances upon which lives depended.