Simmons Anna
Ambix. 2014 May;61(2):141-61. doi: 10.1179/0002698014Z.00000000050.
This paper focuses on one site of chemistry that served multiple functions over its lifetime and played a pivotal role in the development of British pharmaceutical manufacturing. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Society of Apothecaries' premises in Blackfriars housed the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratories in London and supplied drugs for use throughout the British Empire. Under the guidance of William Brande, the laboratories developed as sites of teaching, research and consultancy, activities which shaped the Society's public image and enhanced its commercial, regulatory and professional roles. However, as competition from other pharmaceutical firms increased, inherent contradictions in the Society's various remits, combined with its conservative approach to business, meant that there was no clear direction for the laboratories' development. In an era of growing specialisation, this multifunctional site became increasingly outdated by the end of the nineteenth century.
本文聚焦于一个化学场所，该场所在其存续期间发挥了多种功能，并在英国制药制造业的发展中起到了关键作用。在19世纪初，药剂师协会位于黑衣修士区的场地设有伦敦最大的制药生产实验室，并为整个大英帝国提供药品。在威廉·布兰迪的指导下，这些实验室发展成为教学、研究和咨询场所，这些活动塑造了协会的公众形象，并增强了其商业、监管和专业角色。然而，随着来自其他制药公司的竞争加剧，协会各项职责中固有的矛盾，再加上其保守的经营方式，意味着实验室的发展没有明确的方向。在一个专业化程度不断提高的时代，这个多功能场所到19世纪末变得越来越过时。
