Product List of Iran Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Pharmaceutical Company (Late Qajar Period)

Drug and pharmacy are in close relation with medical sciences. However, with increasing the number of foreign doctors in Iran and especially in court of king and establishment of Iranian Dar al-Fonoun School and training of medicines branches and pharmacy, attention to foreign drugs (chemical drugs) has increased, with more prevalence of foreign medicines from the late Qajar period, trend of drug import into the country has increased dramatically. But the documents related to commercial advertising and the introduction of chemical drugs for use in Iran have not remained or have not come to our attention. This research is based on Historical documentary method.This non-date date new found brochure (letterpress printing) refers to the introduction of 23 products (Includes Brands: "Kepler", "Hazeline Snow", "Bivo", "Tabloid", "Gingament", "Soloid", "Wellcom") from famous and well-known, i.e Burroughs Wellcome & co, for use in Iran. At the time of publication of this brochure, the company had 9 branches in cities of different countries (London, New York, Montreal, Sydney, Cape Town, Milan, Shanghai, Buenos Aires and Bombay) and the emphasis on <particularly suitable for use in Iran (In persian), shows the identification of common diseases, as well as the market for medicines and Products(tea) are widely used in Iran. In addition to the main audience (doctors and drug dealers), this brochure has also been given special attention to the families and recommends the necessity and obligation of preserving the well-known and useful drugs in the homes of individuals.This subject (self-medication and arbitrary drug use) is visible in some texts of the late Qajar period, including some textbooks for girls. Using the inference method, the approximate publication date of this manual is around 1912-1924 AD. That is, it belongs to the late Qajar period