Good enough for America.

Adulterated and counterfeit drugs were pouring into the U.S. Providing poor medicines was a growing business, and the market was growing with the rapid expansion of the country itself.

Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association: JAPhA centennial celebration.

From the beginning, APhA recognized and embraced the mission of keeping its members and all pharmacists informed and engaged in the progress of the profession. For the entire period encompassed by the Proceedings, print runs were for 1,000 copies or more, a far greater number than the membership list, which allowed for distribution to a broad audience both domestically and internationally. However, it was the meetings in 1856 and 1857 establishing the Report on the Progress of Pharmacy and the publication of NF in 1888 that truly moved the Association to the role of a major provider of information to the pharmacists of America.

In the hands of your enemy.

In the days of the post 9/11 attacks in the United States and the response against terrorism, one must question whether the source and supply of medicines in America is safe and adequate. This article reviews a common thread that runs through the periods of national emergency brought on by war, beginning with the Revolutionary War and repeated in the Civil War, World War 1, and World War 2: access to sufficient safe medicines. The shortage of medicines challenged the birth of the new nation in the Revolutionary War and helped thwart its destruction by the withdrawal of the southern states in the Civil War.

Rufus A. Lyman: pharmacy's lamplighter.

Rufus Ashley Lyman, a physician, was one of the most prominent leaders in US pharmacy education during the first half of the 20th century. He remains the only individual to be the founding dean at colleges of pharmacy at 2 state universities. His role in the creation and sustenance of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education provided a platform for a national community and a sounding board for faculty members and others interested in professional education.