We are all aware that pharmacy is preparing and selling drugs prescribed by doctors or health professionals, dealing with the control of substances and drugs and it is a multidisciplinary profession that manages processes such as disease diagnosis and prevention. The clinical health unit, which connects medical science with chemistry, is a great value from the past to the present. Let’s all witness this beautiful journey…
Firsts
When we take a look at the firsts, it is known that the first pharmacies in the world were in Naples and Paris in 1140. In the 9th century, Selerno, known as the “First Medical School” in Europe, was established… The first pharmacy in the Ottoman Empire established in 708 during the reign of al-Mansur.
Education in Türkiye
Türkiye started the Pharmacy education with the Pharmacist class opened in Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Adliye-i Şahane on May 14, 1839. Today, undergraduate education continues for 5 years in pharmacy faculties.
We call those who practice the profession of pharmacy as “Pharmacists”. Well, have you ever thought? about “How do we address our pharmacists in the past?”
Here are the names given to the Pharmacists throughout history:
1- Rhizoteme
2- Pharmakeis
3- Pigmentarius
4- Seplasiarius
5- Pharmacopole
6- Circulatore
7- Ungentariu
8- Apothecarius
9- Confectionarius
10- Apothecarie
11- Pharmacien
12- Emci
13- Saydelan
14- İspençiyar
And…
The word “Pharmacist” has been used in Türkiye since the end of the 19th century, after the separation of medicine and pharmacy, and it still continues to be used.
Basic Pharmacy Sciences
Analytical Chemistry: Application and development of determined methods for the analysis of drugs.
Biochemistry: Metabolism of drugs, clinical biochemistry studies, etc.
Pharmaceutical Microbiology: Analyzes in drugs, disinfectants, etc.
14 May Pharmacy Day
On May 14, 1839, based on the Military Medical School (Tıbbiye-i Adliye-i Şahane), the first pharmacy class in our country, it is celebrated as “May 14 Pharmacy Day”. In the world, at the World Pharmacy Congress held in Istanbul in 2009, based on the date of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), whose establishment date is September 25, and FIP declared that 25 September, which was accepted unanimously, will be celebrated as “World Pharmacy Day” in all countries of the world.
