Özet:

Official inspections together with audit reports, and related correspondence constitute minor sources for the history of pharmacy. Prior to WWI, the pharmacies in Istanbul were inspected semi-annually. In 1914 the General Health Directorate issued a decree of 24 articles, with another three addenda, admonishing pharmacies of Istanbul. A report based on the second inspection of 1913 and the first inspection of 1914 underlines faulty practices observed in the pharmacies of the capital: (i) Toxic substances were left in the open, within the reach of young apprentices, (ii) Inexperienced apprentices were allowed to prepare medication, (iii) Narcotics such as cocain, codein, and morphine, were kept in paper bags, and labels of glass containers were illegible, (iv) Pharmacies were untidy; bottles collected from patients were re-used for dispensing, (v) Non-compliance to the pharmaceutical codex was noted, and drugs and chemicals procured from suppliers were used without scrutiny, (vi) Pharmaceuticals and drugs deemed compulsory were lacking, (vii) Prescriptions encrypted with letters and numbers, instead of standard formulas, were communicated between physicians and pharmacist accomplices. In total, 20 pharmacists were fined after the first inspection, and another 25 pharmacists were fined and four pharmacies were suspended following the second inspection, corresponding to about 10% of the pharmacies in the metropolis.

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