- pharmacopeias were used to protect public health.
- Roots, bark, herbs, flowers etc. were used and controlled by the government.
- They questioned the toxicological effects on human body.
- Created interest in testing of drugs and how they affected the body.
- In the year 1751 Benjamin Franklin started the first hospital.
- In Pennsylvania, it was moved but still stands today.
- Jonathan Roberts first as pharmacist, later as physician, he advocated prescription writing and championed independent practice of two professions.