SECUNDUM
ARTEM…
..yep it’s a Latin
phrase but there is no need for you to “Google”
it!
Here is the
translation:
according to the art : the accepted
practice of a profession or trade.
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This cache is dedicated to The
Profession of Pharmacy!
One of the first things any
freshman Pharmacy Student learns is
The meaning of this Latin
phrase. It has long been THE slogan
For our
profession……we all strive to provide an excellent
product
“According to the art of
Pharmacy”!
Obviously, through the
hundreds of years Pharmacists have been compounding and dispensing
medicines from tinctures to elixirs and pills to suppositories, our
profession has changed many times.
Unfortunately, the
“Mortar & Pestle” has been put on the shelf and
most
Prescriptions no longer need
the “hands on art” used in the
past.
Today, most of your medications are prepared and packaged in bulk
by the many manufacturers who not only insure the purity, quality
and packaging, but are responsible for research and development of
new drugs that enter the
marketplace on a regular
basis.
It may not be commonly known,
but Pharmacists over the years have also been responsible for
developing products that may start out being medications but
eventually evolve into products you are very familiar with and use
everyday!
This cache concerns probably
the most familiar product used today that was
Developed by a Pharmacist many
years ago. I hope you will not only enjoy the search but appreciate
the important role Pharmacists play in modern healthcare, not only
today………… but have for
centuries!
Be sure to do you homework
before setting out for your search, replace the container exactly
as found and consider this hide an example of “SECUNDUM
ARTEM” of Geocaching!
Enjoy…………………………….Hoots!
