Happy Valentine’s Day from the AIHP! As a special membership perk, AIHP has created some bespoke AIHP valentines for members to give to their colleagues, co-workers, or that special someone. All…
Throughout the decades, many pharmacists have taken the coming of a new year as a time to reflect and predict what the future holds. Many of these musings were published…
After 30 years of dedicated service, Assistant Director Beth Fisher has retired from the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. Beth’s contributions have shaped AIHP in countless ways, and her…
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The pharmaceutical trade magazine What’s New, published by Abbott Laboratories, is especially eclectic. Poems, short stories, and works of art are interspersed between articles discussing newly discovered substitutes for morphine…
We are hiring! Help us shine a light on pharmacy history. Help us grow AIHP’s impact by leading fundraising, donor stewardship, and campaign communications. Who We Are Founded in 1941…
As the weather grew cold, it was common for drugstores to sell “hot-sodas”, with one pharmaceutical trade magazine from 1919 stating that “Chocolates, beef bouillon, tomato puree, [and] malted milk…
Drugstores nowadays are not generally considered the best place to do your Thanksgiving shopping. In 1929, however, one columnist writing for the trade magazine Druggist’s Circular argued otherwise: “in the…
The early twentieth century saw a considerable increase in the amount of women working in medical fields. This was the product of a number of trends, including the Women’s Suffrage…
We are deeply grateful to the members who went above and beyond with their contributions this year. Your generosity helps us continue our mission and expand the impact of our…
AIHP Executive Director Lucas Richert, PhD, today announced that Dr. Dennis B. Worthen has been selected to receive the 2023 George Urdang Medal, AIHP’s most prestigious award. The George Urdang…
