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Drugstores nowadays are not generally considered the best place to do your Thanksgiving shopping. In 1929, however, one columnist writing for the trade magazine Druggist\u2019s Circular<\/em> argued otherwise: \u201cin the pharmacopeia […] will be found cloves, cinnamon, pepper, nutmegs, lemon peel, and orange peel. Then, too, coriander, anise, celery seed, dill, allspice and mace\u201d. Indeed, until the 1930s or so a large amount of medicine consisted of dried plant matter\u2013many of which are now used almost exclusively as spices and herbs rather than medicine\u2013and it was the pharmacist\u2019s role to know how to properly identify, prescribe, and prepare these plants. To this end, pharmaceutical companies sold cases full of organized and labelled botanicals known as materia medica<\/em> to schools of pharmacy in order to teach students how to handle these plants. As the industrialization and standardization of manufacturing progressed, these botanical remedies were increasingly supplanted by pills, tablets, and syrups, meaning that the modern-day pharmacy may no longer have the best spice selection in town.\u00a0\u00a0
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Loose Pressed Rosemary Leaves crude drug packet from S.B. Penick & Co. Crude Drugs. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parsley Leaves crude drug packet from Murray & Nickell Mfg. Co. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Loose Pressed Thyme Leaves crude drug packet frm S.B. Penick & Co. Crude Drugs. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loose Pressed Peppermint Herb crude drug packet from Allaire, Woodward & Co. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eli Lilly Cinnamon Specimen Jar. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in yesterday\u2019s pharmaceuticals you can view more images of the materia medica, as well as several examples of early nineteenth century botanicals, in our digital collection the Digital Collections of the Edward Kremers Research Library and Archive<\/a>.<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parke Davis Materia Medica Cabinet. View the item in our digital collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This Dose of History was brought to you by AIHP Intern, Leo Ryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bibliography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Pharmacist Can Supply Spices and Sauces For Thanksgiving\u201d. Druggist\u2019s Circular<\/em>, November, 1929. 20.
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Drugstores nowadays are not generally considered the best place to do your Thanksgiving shopping. In 1929, however, one columnist writing for the trade magazine Druggist\u2019s Circular argued otherwise: \u201cin the pharmacopeia […] will be found cloves, cinnamon, pepper, nutmegs, lemon peel, and orange peel. Then, too, coriander, anise, celery seed, dill, allspice and mace\u201d. 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