How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned into the 'turf war' we see today
- Written by: Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, UWA, University of Western Australia
Apothecaries of the 17th and 18th centuries diagnosed illness, mixed up medicine and dispensed it, a far cry from the current turf war between doctors and pharmacists.Cam Miller/Flickr, CC BY-NC
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