RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Development of Museums of Pharmacy in Post-Soviet Countries
JF History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals
JO His of Phar and Pharma
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 135
OP 149
DO 10.3368/hopp.62.3-4.135
VO 62
IS 3-4
A1 Jarosz, Katarzyna
YR 2020
UL http://hopp.uwpress.org/content/62/3-4/135.abstract
AB Pharmacy museums play a significant role in the study of the history of medicine and pharmacy. They have spread all over the world, ranging from large enterprises to small and local—often private institutions—that have limited budgets and rely on volunteers for curators and guides. My research focuses on narratives at the museums of pharmacy in former Soviet countries. The region in question is a unique blend of Eastern and Western medical traditions. The area’s rich medico-pharmaceutical heritage includes pharmaceutical practices based on the works of Avicenna, a native of modern-day Uzbekistan, whom Uzbeks consider to be the father of their medicine and pharmacy. Other healing traditions encompass Central Asian folk and shamanic practices, herb pharmaceuticals, and Soviet medicine and pharmacy. This paper analyzes the content and the reliability of post-Soviet pharmacy museums.