Pharmacy in World War II (Pharmaceutical Heritage) - Softcover

Worthen, Dennis B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789016265 ISBN 13: 9780789016263

Publisher: CRC Press, 2004

Synopsis

Get an inside look at the lives of military and civilian pharmacists during wartime!

Pharmacy in World War II is a comprehensive history of American pharmacy, both in the military and on the home front, from 1941 to 1945. The book provides a unique insight into the profession, the practice, and its practitioners through the memories of those who served as pharmacist mates, corpsmen, or civilian pharmacists. Through accounts recorded in publications, stored in archives, or told first-hand, you’ll learn about the fight to establish an Army Pharmacy Corps, the work of the Selective Service committees to preserve an adequate pool of pharmacists for civilian practice, the bond drives that would buy hospital airplanes and trains, and a great deal more.

Pharmacy in World War II also looks at the organizational, economic, educational, professional, and societal issues that molded pharmacy during a watershed in modern American history. Author Dennis B. Worthen, editor-in-chief of Haworth’s Pharmaceutical Heritage book series, compiled a database of more than 11,000 pharmacists, pharmacy students, and veterans in pharmacy school during wartime as part of the Memories Project that recalls the activities of the professional, trade, and educational institutions of pharmacy, their goals and development, and their interactions, agreements, and differences. The book examines the fight for an Army Pharmacy Corps, shortages and rationing on the home front, manpower shortages, the impact of the Selective Service, and the prevalent attitude in the military that pharmacy was a business, not a learned profession, and that pharmaceutical services could be learned with 90 days of training.

Pharmacy in World War II includes memories of:

• pharmacy in the pre-World War II years
• pharmacy education
• the Selective Service
• the drugstore’s role in the war effort
• the Pharmacy Corps
• returning veterans

The book also includes photographs and images as well as appendices listing colleges and schools of pharmacy, Selective Service pharmacy advisory committees, pharmacy organizations and leaders, extracts from Army medical departments supply catalogs, and pharmacists and pharmacy students who died in the war. Pharmacy in World War II is an invaluable document for pharmacy students, practitioners, and educators, and for students of American history.

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About the Author

Dennis B. Worthen is a recognized chronicler of the history of American pharmacy. He spent over two decades with Procter & Gamble Health Care until his retirement as the director of pharmacy affairs. He has been associated with the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati and he has lectured and published widely. In 2010 his work on the history of pharmacy in World War II was recognized by the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy with its Kremers Award for outstanding writing of pharmaco-history by an American author. Dr. Worthen received his BA from the University of Michigan. He also earned two MS degrees and a PhD from Case Western Reserve University. From 1986 – 1989 he was awarded an Allied Irish Bank Visiting Professorship at the College of Pharmacy at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has held adjunct appointments in several colleges of pharmacy and currently is an adjunct professor at the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches history of pharmacy. Dr. Worthen is well known for his series of biographical sketches on “Heroes of Pharmacy.” The American Pharmaceutical Association published Heroes of Pharmacy: Professional Leadership in Times Change, a compilation of the first 30 articles in 2008; a second edition was released in 2012. Other books authored by Dr. Worthen include The Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy: A Road Map to a Profession’s Future. In 2009 Drs. Worthen and Robert Elenbaas co-authored Clinical Pharmacy in the United States: Transformation of a Profession. In 1996 the American Institute of History of Pharmacy awarded its Fischelis Grant for his work on pharmacy in World War II. This was followed by a second grant in 2003 to support research into the story of the relocation of Japanese American pharmacists and student pharmacists in World War II. In 1998 Dr. Worthen received the Linwood F. Tice Friend of the American Pharmacists Association/Academy of Student Pharmacists Award and the Phi Lambda Sigma National Leadership Award. In 2006 he was elected to the International Academy of the History of Pharmacy. In 2010 APhA honored Dr. Worthen by selecting him as the Honorary President.

Review

"A must-read! Dr. Worthen's research on this important era demonstrates his passion for pharmacy and fills voids in our history. -- Fred G. Pavola, RPh, DSc, FAPhA, Rear Admiral, USPHS Retired; Chief of Staff, AZ-1 DMAT

Extraordinary... A tour de force of research, project management, and writing. -- William A. Zellmer, MPH, Deputy Executive Vice President, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0789016265
• ISBN 13: 9780789016263
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 279