Nineteenth-Century British Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals - Volume IV: World – From Corner Shop to Global Stage

This volume with focus on the broader roles of pharmacists beyond the supply of medicines and the dispensing of prescriptions. It will cover their various roles in public health and describe their involvement in dentistry and optics. It will explore the responsiveness of pharmacists to outside developments, including the invention of photography and the promotion of health-related electrical apparatus. Finally, it will consider the role of pharmacy in empire and its lasting legacy.