ON THE OCCASION OF THE 575th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MENTION OF AN APOTHECARI US IN RIJEKA Dilemmas about and a brief review of the history of pharmacy in Rijeka from its beginnings to the foundation of Jadran-Galenski Laboratorij joint-stock company in 1991

Abstract

Članak pokušava sagledati početke ljekarničke prakse u rijeci, pri čemu se kao prvi problem nameće datacija otvaranja prve ljekarne. Prema većini mjerodavnih izvora, prava, dokumen¬tirana povijest ljekarništva u rijeci može se računati tek od početka Xviii. stoljeća, dok su spomeni ljekarni sredinom Xv. stoljeća vrlo dvojbeni i manje vjerojatni. U nastavku se podastire pregled širenja ljekarničke djelatnosti do kraja XX. stoljeća i trenut¬ka osnivanja trenutačno najvećega regionalnoga ljekarničkog proizvodnog pogona, Jadrana – Galenskog laboratorija, d.d.This article seeks to elucidate the beginnings of pharmaceutical practice in rijeka. The first problem is to date the opening of the first pharmacy. According to the majority of relevant sources, history of pharmacy in rijeka has been documented since the beginning of the 18th century, while the mentions of pharmacies in the middle of the 15th century are uncertain and less probable. The article also brings an overview of how pharmaceutical practice developed until the end of the 20th century and singles out the foundation of Jadran Galenski Laboratorij as the largest pharmaceutical company in the area