The pharmacy as we know it had roots in a movement to standardize the strength and purity of medicines (pharmacopoeis) with the fist list published under government authority in Florence in 1498. Behind the pharmacy, of course, it the whole pharmaceutical industry and the research efforts to develop the medicines which the doctors prescribe to cure and control illnesses. One of the most famous pharmacists was Hubert Horatio Humphrey, who graduated from the Denver College of Pharmacy in preparation for working as a pharmacist. The importance of the training, preparation, and skill of our local pharmacists is something that cannot be overemphasized. Pharmacy!
