Abstract
In one form or another, a degree of community control on medicines and medicinal therapy is very old. Penn2 has cited examples from ancient Egypt and the Old Testament; in mediaeval Moslem countries, an official health inspector, the muhtasib, was charged with ensuring that apothecaries maintained sufficient standards:
‘... it is necessary that the muhtasib make them fearful, try them and warn them against imprisonment. He must caution them with punishment. Their syrups and drugs may be inspected at any time after their shops are closed for the night ...’3
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Dukes, G. (1985). The background. In: The Effects of Drug Regulation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7327-8_2
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