One Hundred Years of Pharmacy in Canada by Canadian Academy of the History of Pharmacy (review)
1970; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/tech.1970.a894172
ISSN1097-3729
Autores Tópico(s)Medical History and Innovations
ResumoTECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 321 Marton’s book is of interest, rather, as a personal account of one of the men who made the realization of a workable electron microscope a life goal. It conveys both the doubts in the minds of many early workers—which applied more to the potential usefulness than to the perfectibility of the electron microscope—and the competitiveness en gendered by parallel efforts in a number of different laboratories. Along with the memoirs of other electron microscope pioneers, which have appeared or are yet to be written, this book illuminates an exciting development in troubled times. E. G. Ramberg* One Hundred Years of Pharmacy in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Academy of the History of Pharmacy, 1969. Pp. 38. $2.00. This is the record of a symposium held in 1967 during Canada’s cen tennial celebration. It contains three papers. The first, by Glenn Sonnedecker , on Canadian pharmaceutical education, demonstrates that this has paralleled developments in the United States, but with each step occurring at a somewhat later date. The second paper, by Ernest W. Stieb, on the organization of Canadian pharmacy, shows that during the 19th century it followed the British pattern of control by provin cial societies, but in the 20th century the national society has domi nated. The third paper, by D. R. Kennedy, deals with pharmaceutical legislation and shows that only recently has legal control of pharma ceutical products been successful. Taken together, the papers give a clear picture of how Canadian pharmacy has operated, though there is relatively little information on the technology of the pharmaceuticals themselves. HF.NRY M. LF.ICF.STERf Zw Fruhgeschichte der technischen Regelungen. By Otto Mayr. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1969. Pp. 150. DM. 20. Mayr, who is Curator of Mechanical Engineering at the Smithsonian Institution, presents the early history of automatic controls in mechani cal systems. It is an illuminating work, among other things setting aside the long-held contention that Watt provided the first automatic or feedback control for his engine in 1788, and moving the honor back to Ctesibios and his float-controlled clock of the 3rd century b.c. One can welcome this book wholeheartedly, for unlike some other studies of a technologically important development, this topic of con trols was examined by an engineer experienced in the field and subse- • Dr. Ramberg is on the staff of the RCA David Samoff Research Center in Princeton, N.J. f Dr. Leicester, professor of biochemistry at the University of the Pacific, is author of Historical Background of Chemistry and editor of two Source Books in Chem istry, 1400-1900, and 1900-19SO. ...
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