[A new identity for pharmacists: the Mexican Pharmaceutical Society at the turn of the century (1890-1919)].
The Mexican Pharmaceutical Society was founded in 1871. Pharmacists in this Society organized and supported activities to develop their profession, including the preparation of a Mexican pharmacopela, promotion of the interests of pharmacists and improvement of the profession, and the creation of a unified legal framework for its practice. This society played a central role in the institutionalization of pharmacy as a profession and in the expansion of pharmacists into new areas, especially in relation to the transfer of pharmacy training from the National School of Medicine to the School of Chemical Sciences in 1919. when they took on a new identity as chemists.
Martínez Solís
Sandra
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Estudiante de Maestría en Historia de México, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Aceves Pastrana
Patricia
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Morales Cosme
Alba
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D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008800:Mexico; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000266:history; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic / Q000266:history; D012957:Societies, Pharmaceutical / Q000266:history*