https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47956 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:37:13 GMT 2026-04-08T00:37:13Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48027 Title: From a community pharmacist : oral contraceptives Editors: Cardona, M. Abstract: The most widely used type of oral contraceptives is the combined estrogen-progestogen product. Table 1 gives an indication of the range of combination products available today. The combination contraceptive products have a high efficacy resulting from 3 effects: 1. the suppression of ovulation by estrogen and progesetagen; 2. the effect of the progestogen on the endometrium in such a way that it cannot readily support the nidation and growth of a fertilised ovum; 3. the thickening effect of the progestogen on the cervical mucus which prevents the sperm from passing through. Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48027 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47975 Title: Essential pharmacy competencies Editors: Cardona, M. Abstract: The Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association considers that the entry level for pharmacists in the Commonwealth should be the baccalaureate (bachelor's) degree. A list of the 'essential pharmacy competencies' for all first degree pharmacy students has been established by the faculty of the Duquesne University school of pharmacy and is given below. Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47975 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47974 Title: Pharmacists of old : part 2 Abstract: This study is about our dead fellow pharmacists whom we all believe and pray that they all passed to a much better life with their Patron Saint in Heaven the Reverend Pharmacist John Lombardi of Rome who died in 1609, by recording that a Government dispensary for the use of poor sick people was first instituted at Valletta in 1833 after a strong recommendation for that purpose by Dr. John Davy, then serving as Army Surgeon here and later promoted Inspector General of the English Military Hospitals. That much needed social service was greatly appreciated and the poor users of Malta and Gozo ran to it by their thousands. Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47974 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47973 Title: The unit dose drug distribution system Abstract: This study would not have been possible without the financial assistance received through the award of a Marquis Scicluna Junior Fellowship. I would like to thank the Board of Trustees, Mr A. Scicluna-Spiteri, Acting Head of the Department of Pharmacy and Mr G. Griffiths for their constant help and interest. Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47973 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z