[The 90th anniversary of the founding of Vilnius City municipal pharmacy].
This publication deals with so far untreated topic in the historiography of Lithuanian medicine and pharmaceutics--the founding of Vilnius City municipal pharmacy and its activities in 1913-1915. The research is based on recently discovered archival documents and publications. In Tsarist Russia, the municipal or cities' medical organization was established in those parts of the Empire, which were not under the authority of "zemstvy". These also included the Lithuanian gubernijas. The history of municipal medicine in Vilnius dates back to 1876. This is one of the reasons why Vilnius had the most sophisticated infrastructure of municipal medicine. Since its very founding, the municipal pharmacy has become an integral part of city health care system. It sold medicines for a cheaper price; some medications were distributed as charity; the pharmacy served the local medical institutions.
Andriusis
Aurimas
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Department of Medical History and Ethics, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. aurimas.andriusis@mf.vu.lt
D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000266:history*