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The pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Knowledge in Women’s Hands
Description
Two pharmacies tell the story of pharmacy in Solothurn. There is little documentation about the pharmacy run by the Franciscan Sisters of St Joseph’s Convent. The hospital sisters ran the hospital pharmacy and cared for the sick. Find out how the profession of pharmacist developed, where the active ingredients came from, and what differences there were between men and women in the field of pharmacy.