The Pharmacy Museum (drugsrore-mesuem) in
Lviv
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,
Ukraine
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, was opened in 1966 in the building of an old
drugstore
A pharmacy (also called drugstore in American English or community pharmacy or chemist in Commonwealth English) is a premises which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacist oversees the fulfillment of m ...
at the corner of the
Market Square
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. It is the working
drugstore
A pharmacy (also called drugstore in American English or community pharmacy or chemist in Commonwealth English) is a premises which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacist oversees the fulfillment of m ...
and museum (two in one), the oldest of the existing pharmacies in Lviv. The museum consists of 16 rooms which exhibit antique pharmaceutical appliances, prescriptions, medicines, dishes, a library of pharmacy-related books, and even a reconstructed
alchemy
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workshop.
History
The drugstore was established in 1735 by Wilhelm Natorp, a military pharmacist. It was called "Under the Black Eagle".
See also
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History of pharmacy
The history of pharmacy as a modern and independent science dates back to the first third of the 19th century. Before then, pharmacy evolved from antiquity as part of medicine. Before the advent of pharmacists, there existed apothecaries that worke ...
References
External links
Pharmacy-museum in Lviv. Lviv, Kameniar, 1989.
Museums in Lviv
1735 establishments in Europe
Pharmacy museums
1966 establishments in Ukraine
Museums established in 1966
Medical and health organizations based in Ukraine
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