40 th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, Berlin, 17 September 2011 Pharmacy, Books and Empire: Spreading the Imperial Word 1864 to 1932 Stuart Anderson London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
40th International Congress for the History of
Pharmacy, Berlin, 17 September 2011
Pharmacy, Books and Empire:
Spreading the Imperial Word
1864 to 1932
Stuart Anderson London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The British
Pharmacopoeia
1864
Pharmacopoeia
of India 1868
4
Origin of medicinal plants included in BP 1885
by continent (n = 175)
5 5
Role of B.P. in medical education
‘The medical practitioners in this country may be divided into two great classes: those educated in England with all the traditions of European medicine, and wholly ignorant of Indian indigenous drugs; and those who have been locally educated in this country trained under European tuition.’
Use of British
Pharmacopoeia
1898 in
advertising
7
Towards an Imperial Pharmacopoeia
‘The foregoing steps were taken in
pursuance of a design which had long
been under the consideration of the
Council, and were regarded as
preparatory to the ultimate production
of a complete Imperial Pharmacopoeia.
Preface to Indian and Colonial Addendum 1900
1900 Indian and
Colonial Addendum
to the BP 1898
Indian drugs that became official
COMMON NAME OFFICIAL NAME
• Indian Acalypha Acalypha BPC 1934
• Indian Bael Bael BPC 1949
• Indian Barberry Berberis BPC 1934
• Indian Birthwort Aristolochia BPC 1934
• Indian Blistering Beetle Mylabris BPC 1949
• Indian Copal Copal BPC 1934
• Indian Dill Dill BPC 1954
• Indian Hemp Cannabis BPC 1949
• Indian Jalap Turpeth BPC 1949
• Indian Liquorice Abrus BPC 1949
• Indian Tobacco Lobelia BPC 1949
• Indian Melissa Oil Citronella Oil BPC 1949
• Indian Plantago Seed Ispaghula BPC
• Indian Podophyllum Indian Podophyllum BPC
• Indian Rhubarb Rhubarb BP 1949
• Indian Saffron Turmeric BPC 1949
• Indian Sarsaparilla Hemidesmus BPC 1934
• Indian Senega Senega BPC
• Indian Squill Urginea BPC 1949
• Indian Tragacanth Sterculia BPC
• Indian Valerian Indian Valerian BPC 1949
• Indian Verbena Oil Lemon Grass Oil BPC 1954
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1900 Addendum to the
BP 1898 (Government
of India Edition 1901)
The British
Pharmacopoeia
1914
The British
Pharmacopoeia
1932