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Years of experience: When Norman Charles, 80, started out, pharmacists had to mix their own compounds and even make some pills from scratch.
Years of experience: When Norman Charles, 80, started out, pharmacists had to mix their own compounds and even make some pills from scratch.

Years of experience: When Norman Charles, 80, started out, pharmacists had to mix their own compounds and even make some pills from scratch.

Date3/8/1991
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Pills, Pills, Pills, Pills . . .there are so many that can do almost the same jobs. Many pharmacists say that if druggists like Walter Bagan, above, g(...)
Pills, Pills, Pills, Pills . . .there are so many that can do almost the same jobs. Many pharmacists say that if druggists like Walter Bagan, above, g(...)
4/13/1968
Super salesman: Scottish-born Ron Morton stands in his crowded quarters with some of the products he markets, including rust-proofing and insulating compounds, as well as squash rackets endorsed by world champion Jahangir Khan
Super salesman: Scottish-born Ron Morton stands in his crowded quarters with some of the products he markets, including rust-proofing and insulating compounds, as well as squash rackets endorsed by world champion Jahangir Khan
4/24/1985
Pharmacist Ben Clodman takes down a bottle of pills in his drug store
Pharmacist Ben Clodman takes down a bottle of pills in his drug store
6/14/1973
The facts: Whether it's pills or pot, your child has to know the facts about drugs or he could wind up damaging himself and perhaps the whole family, according to 20-years drug expert Norman panzica
The facts: Whether it's pills or pot, your child has to know the facts about drugs or he could wind up damaging himself and perhaps the whole family, according to 20-years drug expert Norman panzica
2/25/1982
Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
1/14/1985
Coiffing everyone from rock stars to pharmacists, John Steinberg, left, owner of The Rainbow Room sports his current pastiche look -- white Chinese jodhpurs circa 1936, a yellow busboy's jacket and sneakers with black and yellow laces
Coiffing everyone from rock stars to pharmacists, John Steinberg, left, owner of The Rainbow Room sports his current pastiche look -- white Chinese jodhpurs circa 1936, a yellow busboy's jacket and sneakers with black and yellow laces
3/19/1982
Plenty of pills: John Rumball shows a typical large assortment of pills and medications found in some senior citizens' homes
Plenty of pills: John Rumball shows a typical large assortment of pills and medications found in some senior citizens' homes
3/15/1982
Tobacco is one drug you won't be able to buy in drugstores, as Ontario's pharmacists adopt a tough new ethical position -
Tobacco is one drug you won't be able to buy in drugstores, as Ontario's pharmacists adopt a tough new ethical position -
11/6/1990
B/w trade card advertisement on cream-coloured cardstock with text and seal stating, "Robert R. ...
Robert R. Martin & Co. Pharmacists & Perfumers
late 1800s
Management consultant Bruce Small with some of the pills that help to stave off his allergies
Management consultant Bruce Small with some of the pills that help to stave off his allergies
2/14/1979
Of the 100,000 emergency calls that will be made for ambulances in Metro this year, from 7 to 10 each day will be for overdoses of pills, says John Po(...)
Of the 100,000 emergency calls that will be made for ambulances in Metro this year, from 7 to 10 each day will be for overdoses of pills, says John Po(...)
4/23/1969
Measuring out tranquilllizer pills
Measuring out tranquilllizer pills
8/14/1973