It is still represented by a mortar and pestle as that once was the major function of crushing and mixing leaves, seeds, and various strange things. But today the profession has stretched out far and wide...
The age of scientific evidence has demystified and surely transformed the perceptions of this noble career. Pharmacists are not wizards who compound nauseating concoctions for you to mystically cure you anymore. Now they are (for the most part) highly scientific, professionally trained drug dealers!
The South African Pharmaceutical Council, responsible body for controlling and registering all pharmacies and their personnel; states that pharmacy is the science of dealing with collection, preparation, standardization, dispensing and storage of drugs.
Did you know that pharmacy has over 8 specialty fields ?
From laboratory, research, academia, retail, hospital/clinical, industrial/production, to regulatory/ quality control, warehousing/distribution, consultant/specialist, and a few others! There are a lot of options to explore throughout ones career as a pharmacist! With all these sub sectors come just as many diversified services they offer!
Think of it this way, when you're sick, a general practitioner could diagnose you with a condition X. But if it weren't for all those pharmacists who research the medicine in the labs, those who manufacture the medicine in industry, those who package it and make sure it is safe, and the one who hands it over at the counter or in the hospital wards; you couldn't get treatment!
If you know a pharmacist in your friends or family circles, ask them what they do at work! You may be surprised.
Never think again of Pharmacy only as a shop where you can buy medicine. That's only the last carriage on the pharmacy-types train!
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