“The largest and best”: A symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of the Society of Apothecaries’ laboratories
A joint meeting between
Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy &
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Date: 6th May 2022 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
Categories: Faculty of the History & Philosophy of Medicine & Pharmacy Events
2022 sees the 350th anniversary of the opening of a laboratory at Apothecaries’ Hall for manufacturing chemical medicines and one hundred years since its closure. With its creation rooted in the burgeoning popularity of chemical medicines and the ongoing disputes with the College of Physicians, it expanded during the eighteenth century to be a major supplier of medicines to the Navy and East India Company. In the nineteenth century, under the direction of William Brande, Henry Hennell and Robert Warington, all Fellows of the Royal Society, new directions of research and consultancy developed, whilst the Society of Apothecaries struggled to reconcile its new role as a medical licensing corporation with that of a wholesale drug manufacturer.
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09:45 am: Registration
10:15: Welcome from Faculty President, Briony Hudson and SHAC Chair, Frank James
10:20: Anna Simmons (UCL) – A Potted History of the Apothecaries’ Hall Laboratory, 1672-1922
and its Place in the Development of Drug Manufacturing
11:00: Patrick Wallis (LSE) - The Wonders of the Apothecary’s Shop
11:40: Coffee Break and Tours of the Hall
12:20: Peter Elmer (Exeter University) - Challenging the Medical Status Quo: The Society of
Chymical Physicians, 1665
13:00: Poster viewing - Theme: Medicines and Laboratories - and break for lunch.
(Lunch not provided - there are various cafes and sandwich bars nearby).
14:00: Lightning Talks: the Society of Apothecaries’ Archives in wider research
1) Rosemary Baird Andreae – Huguenot Apothecaries and the Royal Hospital Chelsea: Isaac
Garnier (1631-1712) and Family
2) Pierre Lack (LSE) - Opium Prices and Demand in the Nineteenth Century
3) Frank James and Anna Simmons (UCL) - A Multiple Post-Holder in Nineteenth-Century
Scientific London: William Thomas Brande
4) John Ford (Society of Apothecaries) – The Chase Family: Royal Spies to Gin Distillers
15:00: Anna Marie Roos (University of Lincoln) - The Royal Society Repository: Museum, Library,
and Working Laboratory
15:40: Break
15:50: Groups viewing archive material including laboratory glassware, pharmacopoeias, drug
jars, process books, plans, photographs and sketches of laboratories and apparatus, plus
chemical, pharmaceutical and trade records from the Hall Laboratory
16:40: Discussion and Closing Comments
17:00 - 18:00: Drinks & networking
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