title: [Hospital drug supply around the turn of the century--the founding of the pharmacy at the city hospital of Worms].
abstract: Around the turn of the century drug supply of the civil hospital in Worms was carried out by local pharmacists, drug distribution and preparation of simple solutions by a nurse. The municipal authorities which were responsible for the hospital were sure that the establishment of a pharmacy in the hospital itself could improve drug supply. The study shows how the authorities went through with the opening of a hospital pharmacy despite the expected opposition of the local pharmacists and that such an establishment and the employment of a pharmacist were profitable even for a hospital with only 200 beds.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Pharmazie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steffens
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Arzneiversorgung im Krankenhaus der Jahrhundertwende--Zur Gründung der Apotheke des Bürgerhospitals in Worms.