[From the history of the pharmaceutical specialist training for the Russian forces]

Abstract

Demand of the army for the pharmaceutical specialists conduced to the organization of the training of the highly qualified Russian specialist. The first licensed specialists didn't have military education but were drafted into the army. As military-medical service advanced, it was found that military-medicine service needed not just druggists, but the organizers of military-medical supply. They should know military science, should be able in peace-time and in time of war to supply with all necessary the first aid actions and treatment of the wounded and ill. As a result of this, in the 20th century was founded and successfully worked the system of military pharmaceutists training and staff development and even with military education.