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Unicornis Nr 1.2019 UNICORNIS Apotekarsocietetens sektion för farmaci- och läkemedelshistoria Nummer 1 Anno 2019 Apoteket Svanen i Lund och dess framtid UNICORNIS 1 2019 | 1 Nya redaktören har ordet 9 november. Det blir föredrag om Paracelsus och hans medi- Efter 30 år i industrin åter- cinska värld samt om medeltida medicin. vände jag till Uppsala Uni- I september arrangerar de farmacistuderande en student- versitet för att studera weekend på Apotekarsocieteten. Sektionen har beslutat att idé- och lärdomshistoria. medverka med fria museivisningar. Vidare har sektionssty- Det möjliggjorde sedan ett relsen beslutat att medverka med ett satellitsymposium till forskningssamarbete med Eufeps möte med dess exekutivkommitté den 15 juni 2020 i förste bibliotekarien vid Hag- Göteborg. Föredrag om apoteksväsendets historia, Carl Wil- strömerbiblioteket Hjalmar helm Scheele och ACO-rörelsen står på programmet. Fors där vi under tre år har rekonstruerat tidigmodern På gång i Apoteks och läkemedelsmuséet farmaci med ”Hjärnes Testa- I mitten av maj invigdes tre nya utställningsrum på muséet, mentes droppar” – men även se separat notis. Sektionsstyrelsen har lämnat förslag till den antika medicinen ”The- Musei och biblioteksnämnden om disposition av de 2 x 250 riac Andromachalis” – som 000 kr, som APS:s styrelse avsatt till muséet för 2019/2020. studieobjekt. Arbetet har för min del varit laborativt inriktat Bland förslagen märks viss ommöblering i syfte att få en vå- på divisionen för farmakognosi (inom avd. f. Läkemedels- ning om läkemedelshistoria, bl.a. läkemedelsursprung (plan kemi, Farm fak) och bl.a. inneburit att vi försökt bedöma be- 2), en om apotekshistoria (plan 1) och en om industrihistoria tydelsen av lukt och smak hos ingående ingredienser ur ett (entréplan). Vidare förslås upprustning av en gårdsentré vid historiskt perspektiv tillsammans med prof. Karin Wendin sidan av museiingången, ny hemsida och smartguide i tele- på Högskolan Kristianstad. Dagens apotek ger ju knappast fon. Förslaget siktar på att öppna muséet för allmänheten en några sensoriska upplevelser! dag i veckan under 2020. Att nu få ta mig an Unicornis som redaktör ser jag som Nordiska muséet har bedömt tillståndet för de från muséet en spännande och helt ny utmaning. Jag hoppas att ni alla deponerade apoteksskyltarna Engeln och Enhörningen samt vill hjälpa mig med bidrag. Från och med detta nummer av en glasskylt från apoteket Nordstjärnan inför förlängd de- är Unicornis levererad i digital form vilket möjliggör en fri position. Däremot återlämnas 52 deponerade ståndskärl till anpassning av sidantalet. De som inte har anmält en mejl NM då muséet har motsvarande kärl i egen ägo. adress kommer även framgent att få en pappersversion Apoteket AB meddelade i månadsskiftet april/maj att kultur- hemskickad. apoteket Svanen i Lund skall läggas ned. Före detta innehava- Nils-Otto Ahnfelt, farm dr, ny redaktör ren Uno Nordholm donerade 1969 det mesta av inredningen till APS. Detta var dock med förbehållet att om Svanen läggs På gång i sektionen ner skall APS som gåva erbjuda Medicinhistoriska sällskapet För första gången på under de senaste åren har medlems- i Lund donationen så att den blir kvar i Lund, se separat arti- antalet i sektionen ökat – plus 9 st. sedan årsskiftet. Arbetet kel om Svanens framtid. på att skapa en vänförening till muséet har påbörjats. Denna skall vara fristående från APS och syftet är att enskilda Anders Cronlund, ordförande och framför allt företag skall kunna skänka pengar genom [email protected] medlemskapet, som kommer museet till del för inköp och Mobil: 08-723 50 50 utställningar. Sektionens årsmöte genomförs lördagen den Innehåll Unicornis Nya redaktören har ordet .............................................................................. 2 utges av Sektionen för farmaci- och läkemedelshistoria På gång i sektionen och i museet ................................................................ 2 Box 1136, 111 81 Stockholm Apoteket Svanen i Lund och dess framtid ............................................. 3 Ytterby gruva har tilldelats EuChemS Historical Landmark Redaktionskommitté: för den historiska betydelsen av de många grundämnes- Nils-Otto Ahnfelt, redaktör, [email protected] upptäckterna ........................................................................................................ 4 Ola Flink, [email protected] Invigning av det nyrenoverade Apoteksmuséet Anders Cronlund, ordförande den 13 maj ............................................................................................................... 6 Karin Meyer, ansvarig utgivare Botanologia ............................................................................................................. 6 Susanne Henriksson, layout Första jubeldoktorn på Farmis – Lennart Paalzow ............................ 6 hälsovatten .............................................................................................................. 6 Carl Gustaf Mosander som fabrikör av artificiella mineralvatten ......................................................................................................... 8 ApotekensHur farmacin fabriker bidragit för till mineralvatten utvecklandet och av artificellaläskedrycker ..............10 © Apotekarsocietetens Sektion för farmaci- och läkemedelshistoria Åkers krutburk – statens första läkemedelsfabrik ...........................11 2 | UNICORNIS 1 2019 Apoteket Svanen i Lund och dess framtid poteket AB deklarerade i månadsskiftet april/maj pet (FHS) utsågs fyra apotek som särskilt kulturintressanta: 2019 att man avsåg att stänga Apoteket Svanen apoteket Lejonet i Malmö, Svanen i Lund, Korpen i Stockholm Ai Lund den 29 maj. Den tidigare ägaren Uno och Storken i Stockholm. Utöver dessa betraktades ytterligare Nordholm skrev ett donationsbrev 1969 innan förstatli- tre ha kulturhistoriskt intresse: Ugglan i Stockholm, Kronan i gandet av apoteken. I första hand skulle ett antal inven- Skara och Örnen i Vadstena. tarier upptagna i brevet tillfalla Apotekarsocieteten i Varför man valde den här uppdelningen vet jag inte, men syfte att bevara den kulturhistoriskt värdefulla inred- när vi nu ser över frågan utgår jag från att vi kommer att be- ningen på apoteket. Skulle inredningen av någon anled- handla samtliga ovan på samma sätt. ning ej kunna bevaras på detta skulle Medicinhistoriska sällskapet i Lund erbjudas donationen så att den blev Fakta och bakgrund kvar i Lund. Inom Sektionen för farmaci- och läkeme- Apoteket Svanen är ett av fyra kulturapotek som Apoteket delshistoria bidrog vi till att ett möte hölls på plats i apo- driver. Övriga är Apoteket Lejonet i Malmö samt Apoteket teket den 28 maj där både Apoteket AB, fastighetsägaren Storken och Apoteket Korpen i Stockholm. och Kulturen i Lund deltog. Dessutom kom även ett antal Sedan det blev känt att Apoteket planerade att stänga Sva- representanter för den Medicinhistoriska föreningen i nen har lundabor, politiker och föreningar hört av sig till Lund och stadsarkitekten i Lund att delta. Apoteket och vädjat om en omprövning. Det stora engage- Den 27 maj togs beslut i Apoteket AB att genomföra en mer manget gör att Apoteket tror sig kunna vända Svanens utma- grundlig genomgång i syfte att utvärdera om och hur apote- ningar till dess styrkor. ket kan drivas vidare i en framtid. Mötet kom därför att in- riktas på att utgöra startpunkten för detta ”omtag”. Vi avser Referenser: att rapportera utvecklingen i framtida nummer av Unicornis. • Adolf Fredrik Montelin, Universitetsapoteket Svanen 1627-1921, Fredrik Montelin, Lund 1921 Ett Facebook-upprop ledde till att kundtillströmningen • Uno Nordholm, Apoteket Svanen i Lund genom seklerna, Lund 1971 - las. Natten till den 28 maj har någon/några börjat tillskansa Nils-Otto Ahnfelt sigunder en delden av 25 de och yttre 26 majfönsterdekorationerna var så intensiv att vakter så att fickbokstäver tillkal nu saknas, se översta bilden. Dessa tillgrepp har polisanmälts. Markus Sjöqvist, kommunikationsansvarig på Apoteket AB, gav följande kommentar till vår fråga kring övriga kul- turapotek och deras status:: När apoteksmarknaden avreglerades 2009, var det viktigt att de kulturhistoriskt intressanta apoteken som fortfarande var i drift även fortsättningsvis skulle vara statliga. I en över- enskommelse mellan Apoteket och Farmacihistoriska Sällska- UNICORNIS 1 2019 | 3 Plaketten avtäckt. Kommunalråd Malin Forsbrand i rosa, Gruv- föreningens ordförande Sven Kvi- man samt längst till höger professor Pilar Goya, president i The European Chemical Society. Ytterby gruva har tilldelats EuChemS Historical Landmark för den historiska betydelsen av de många grundämnesupptäckterna Lördagen den 27 april 2019 avtäcktes plaket- ten vid Ytterby gruva på Resarö. ngen plats på jorden kan ståta med att vara källa till så många grundämnesupptäckter som Ytterby på Resarö, Inära Vaxholm i Stockholms skärgård. Inte mindre än nio stycken – Scandium (Sc 21), Yttrium (Y 39), Gadolinium (Gd 64), Terbium (Tb 65), Holmium (Ho 67), Erbium (Er 68), Thulium (TM 69), Ytterbium (Yb 70) och Tantal (Ta 73) har isolerats och identifierats ur mineral från Ytterby fältspatgruva. Flera av dessa element antas ha bildats då neutronstjärnor kolliderade i begynnelsen. Den historiska betydelsen av de många grundämnesupptäckterna – vilka länkar kemin till det europeiska kulturarvet – har resul- terat i att gruvan innevarande år 2019 tilldelats EuChemS Bilden visar ”berg i dagen” med ett flertal Historical Landmark. olika mineral exponerade. T.h. En bit peg- Carl Axel Arrhenius
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