https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48517 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:01:25 GMT 2026-04-08T06:01:25Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48263 Title: Aloe vera gel Abstract: This article is based on the author's 1979 thesis which was aimed at reviewing the present literature on Aloe vera and on a practical aspect try to verify the reports on 'the curative powers of the plant's fresh mucilage on burnt rabbit skin. A description is given of a method for the preparation of a fresh crude mucilage from fresh Aloe vera leaves, the physical and other characteristics of the Aloe vera gel, and the effect of Aloe vera mucilage on normal and burnt skin. Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48263 1987-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48261 Title: The quality control of non-sterile products Abstract: Quality of pharmaceutical products is the sum of all the factors which contribute directly or indirectly to the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of the product. Quality to the patient is fitness for use. Confidence is important not only for the patient himself but also for all the members of the health profession. Quality affects also the manufacturer's costs. If there were no defects in the product, quality costs would disappear. However since we are human beings defects do unfortunately exist and costs include:- a) the preparation and conduction of programs for reaching and improving good quality, b) selection and control of ingredients and final product including packing and labelling, c) maintenance of equipment, d) consumption of products in the destructive tests, e) testing of products in field storage or in stock to evaluate degradation, f) keeping detailed records of all stages of manufacture. Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48261 1987-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48257 Title: An outline history of pharmacy : part 2 : Renaissance to twentieth century Abstract: In the field of pharmacy, the School of Salerno produced the Antidotarium parvum by Nicolas of Salerno which is a collection of formulae, probably compiled in the eleventh century. It contains a reference to the ingredients that were employed to produce an early form of surgical anaesthesia. This was the spongia somnifera consisting of a mixture, in water, of opium, mandrake and henbane. A rag was soaked in it and applied to the nostrils of the patient to put him to sleep and render him insensitive to the pain of surgical operations. Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48257 1987-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48220 Title: Memorandum by the Chamber of Pharmacists - Trade union Abstract: This memorandum is a synthesis of the policy of the Chamber of Pharmacists - Trade Union - a policy which has developed over the years. It has been compiled to bring to the attention of all concerned the problems which face Pharmacy in Malta today. Some of these problems have been with us for many years and it is about time that these be solved without any further delay. We strongly feel that knowledge of our problems by the politicians, who are the persons responsible directly for legislation and indirectly for the enforcement of this legislation, is the only way that a solution of these problems can be approached. Some of these problems discussed below do not only concern the pharmacy profession and its members per se, but effect the general public, exposing the population to unnecessary risks. Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48220 1987-04-01T00:00:00Z