The ‘Meds on line’ project visited the Royal Pharmaceutical Museum in London in April 2023.
Who wants to use the grease from a bear to prevent hair loss? And who wants to bleach their skin and get a porcelain lustre using arsenic? The remedies during the decades are many. The museum is part of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the professional membership body for pharmacists and pharmacy. The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was founded on 15 April 1841 by a group of leading chemists and druggists in London. The society’s mission is to put pharmacy at the forefront of healthcare and to become the world leader in the safe and effective use of medicines.
A plethora of alternative medicines and healing practices have been used as much in history as it is now. The museum is a goldmine for anyone who wants to take a look at the pharmaceutical sciences of the past and understand the developments of the present.