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Papyrus Ebers (1500 BC) The Ebers Papyrus is one of the first known medical texts accurately documenting descriptions of the circulatory system including the heart and blood vessels. Additionally, the text contains several formulas and remedies meant to cure a wide variety of everyday ailments2. Andrew Craigie (1754-1819) At the age of twenty-one, Andrew Craigie was appointed apothecary of the Massachusetts army. He began his career supplying the Continental Army with medicines and medical supplies, and was eventually appointed Apothecary General in 17771. William Procter, Jr. (1817-1874) William Procter, Jr. is revered as the “Father of Pharmacy”. He worked in a drug store beginning at the age of fourteen. He spent his free time studying chemistry and pharmacy, and eventually opened his own pharmacy. In addition to being hired as a professor of pharmacy, he was also one of the founders of the …show more content…

Navy ships, E. R. Squibb persuaded the Navy to manufacture their own drugs instead of contracting them from a third party. He also established a laboratory at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital where he made anesthetic ether, chloroform, bismuth salts, and other preparations. By the year 1883, his laboratory was responsible for manufacturing and distributing over three hundred products around the world8. Albert Ethelbert Ebert (1840-1906) Albert Ethelbert Eber is a former American Pharmacists Association (APhA) president who is also the namesake for the Ebert Prize. The Ebert Prize is presented every year by the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science. This award is the oldest pharmacy award in the United States3. Joseph Price Remington (1847-1918) The Remington textbook has been an ultimate textbook for many aspects of pharmacy. This textbook was first published in 1886 by Joseph Price Remington. Remington was a professor and Dean at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy7. Zada Mary Cooper

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