HOSPITAL DRUG SUPPLY AROUND THE TURN-OF-T HE-CENTURY - THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CIVIL HOSPITALS PHARMACY IN WORMS

Around the turn of the century drug supply of the civil hospital in Wo rms was carried out by local pharmacists, drug distribution and prepar ation of simple solutions by a nurse. The municipal authorities which were responsible for the hospital were sure that the establishment of a pharmacy in the hospital itself could improve drug supply. The study shows how the authorities went through with the opening of a hospital pharmacy despite the expected opposition of the local pharmacists and that such an establishment and the employment of a pharmacist were po fitable even for a hospital with only 200 beds.