!!!Apotheken

Pharmacies: the manufacture and distribution of medicinal remedies was 
common practice in monasteries and towns from the Middle Ages, as well 
as a profession often pursued by doctors (e.g. Wolfgang Kappler in 
Krems, 1527-1567). In the 16th century, the Estates of Lower Austria 
established a "Landschaftsapotheke" (country pharmacy) in each 
provincial region. Old pharmacies can be found in monastery hospitals, 
e.g. in the Elisabethine convent in Klagenfurt. In the 18th century, 
the pharmacy business was governed by licenses and later by laws 
(since the rise of the  pharmaceutical industry). Under the 
Apothekengesetz (Law on Pharmacies) of December 18, 1906 (last amended 
1998), a license must be obtained from the provincial governor in 
order to run a pharmacy, before which the need for a pharmacy must be 
determined. Only pharmacists with proof of at least 5 years of 
practical experience are allowed to run a pharmacy.


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