Pharmacy Daily | PSA SA museum opens

SOUTH Australian Health Minister, Chris Picton, formally opened the new Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Museum in Adelaide on Fri, featuring a collection which showcases the history of pharmacy practice.

"It is wonderful to see such an important and interesting part of our health history on display for South Australians to enjoy," he said.

"This museum demonstrates just how far pharmacy has come, while showcasing its fascinating origins."

The museum includes a wide range of items tracing pharmacy history, including compounding from botanical sources such as opium poppies, lavender, coca and cannabis, through to the emergence of proprietary products like asthma cigarettes and other items such as chocolate-coated Blaud (ferrous carbonate), strychnine and arsenic pills.

PSA SA and NT Vice President, Dr Manya Angley, thanked the minister for officiating at the opening.

"We are very lucky to have medicines & tools from pharmacists dating back to the 1800s," she said.

The museum features items from the Runges Pharmacies that were acquired by PSA in the 1980s, along with historic documents including a pharmacological text that dates back to 1704, handwritten prescription books, pharmacists' own formularies and one of the only collections containing every edition of the PSA Australia Pharmaceutical Handbook and Formulary (APH).

"The museum is a special place for pharmacists to better connect with the profession, and will be a central part of future PSA events in Adelaide," Angley said.

The museum is open to the public by appointment with the PSA SA Office on 08 8272 1211.

The Minister also announced the naming of the PSA SA HQ's Lloyd Sansom Training Room and the Grant Kardachi Boardroom, in recognition of Sansom and Kardachi's "significant end enduring leadership in pharmacy".

Pictured at the opening are, from left: SA Minister for Health, Chris Picton; Manya Angley, PSA SA/NT Vice President; Lloyd Sansom; Grant Kardachi; and Helen Stone, PSA SA/NT Manager.