[SOA] PR - New permanent exhibit at the Lloyd

[Anna Heran]

Please excuse cross-postings...

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Below is a press release about Lloyd Library's brand new permanent
exhibit "The George Rieveschl, Jr. History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Exhibit." Please distribute this information widely.  The Lloyd is proud
to display important historic pharmaceutical chemistry equipment and
professional documentation, with local and national interest, regarding
the development of the anti-cancer drug Taxol(r) and the successful
anti-allergen Benadryl(r). 

 

Thank you for your assistance in disseminating this important news.

 

 

PRESS RELEASE                                                  Contact:
Maggie Heran, Executive Director

 
Lloyd Library & Museum

513-721-3707

 
mheran at lloydlibrary.org

 

 

For Immediate Release-August 27, 2012

 

Lloyd Library and Museum (LLM) Proudly Announces

"The George Rieveschl, Jr. History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exhibit"-

A New Permanent Exhibit Open to the Public September 24, 2012

 

 

                "The George Rieveschl, Jr. History of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry Exhibit" is LLM's new permanent exhibit.  It features a
patented Lloyd Cold Still built in Cincinnati and used at the University
of Michigan and at AYSL Corporation; significant components of the
Soxhlet extractor used by Drs. Monroe Wall and Mansukh Wani to isolate
the anti-cancer drug Taxol(r) at the Research Triangle Institute in
North Carolina; and, culminates with a look at the anti-allergen drug,
Benadryl(r) and its creator, local Cincinnati scientist and
philanthropist, George Rieveschl, Jr.  The exhibit also includes smaller
historic pharmaceutical and chemical equipment from local companies
Lloyd Brothers, Pharmacists, Inc. and Benet's Pharmacy.  This exhibit
was made possible through the generous support of:  The George
Rieveschl, Jr. Book Fund; American Chemical Society-Cincinnati Chapter;
American Society of Pharmacognosy Foundation; Elizabeth Wakeman
Henderson Foundation, AYSL Corporation, Research Triangle Institute;
LLM's Friends and Donors; Anonymous, Camden Foundation, In Memory of the
Grabowski Family; Brian Hanson; and Benet's Pharmacy.

                In conjunction with the opening of this exhibit is a
rare books exhibit "The Magic and Myth of Alchemy," which runs through
November 17, 2012.  The featured historical texts on alchemy illustrate
how the discipline helped develop the modern chemistry laboratory and
fostered the scientific methods and pursuit of miracle cures that have
aided in the development of today's pharmaceutical chemistry.  

LLM, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown Cincinnati, is a local and
regional cultural treasure.  The library was developed in the nineteenth
century by the Lloyd brothers-John Uri, Curtis Gates, and Nelson Ashley
to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists, Inc., one
of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the period.  Today the
library is recognized worldwide by the scientific community as a vital
research center. The library holds, acquires, and provides access to
both historic and current materials on the subjects of pharmacy, botany,
horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmacognosy, and
related topics.  Although our collections have a scientific focus, they
also have relevance to humanities topics, such as visual arts and
foreign languages through resources that feature botanical and natural
history illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature, thereby
revealing the convergence of science and art.  The Lloyd is open to
anyone with an interest in these topics.  Free parking is available for
patrons and visitors behind the library building.  For more information,
visit the Lloyd website at www.lloydlibrary.org.

 

Lloyd Library and Museum

917 Plum Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

513-721-3707

www.lloydlibrary.org

Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Open the third Saturday of the month, September through May, 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m.

 

Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life

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