title: [A chapter from the history of the pharmacy of the Brothers of Mercy in Spišské Podhradí in the 19th and 20th centuries].
abstract: On the basis of archival materials, period publications and literary sources, this paper presents the data concerning the history of the pharmacy of the Hospital Order of St. John of God - the Brothers of Mercy in Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia. The Brothers of Mercy were active in Spišské Podhradie from the second half of the 17th century and in harmony with the main mission of the Order they ran a hospital and a pharmacy. The paper briefly characterizes the activities of the Brothers of Mercy in Spišské Podhradie, describes their pharmacy, its material-technical equipment and personnel carrying out its operation, focusing on the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century till the take-over of the pharmacy and convent by the Czechoslovak province.
authors.forename: Tünde
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ambrus
mesh_terms: D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D018154:Slovakia