One of the neglected aspects of military pharmacy historical investigation is the apparatus and furniture equipment necessary for the activity of a military pharmacy. For many centuries the equipment of a military pharmacy depended on the experience of pharmacists who were called up to establish field pharmacies. The establishment of a professional military pharmacy in 1794, however, did not lead to the approval of appropriate standards. In the 19th century the equipment of public, hospital, monastery and military pharmacies was optionally defined by the so-called Ehrman’s standard from 1828-1832. The first lawful standard in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy defining the equipment ofpharmacies was the Law of December 18, 1906, no. 5 of the Monarchy Law Code of 1907, which established the field of pharmacy. Regulation “Zdrav-1-3 the Pharmaceutical Service in Peacetime“ approved by the Czechoslovak Republic Ministry of National Defence in 1931 became the obligatory standard defining the equipment of military pharmacies. The regulation defined what kind of apparatus, instruments and other equipment military pharmacies had to have in peacetime.

Keywords: Military pharmacy; Optional standard of military pharmacy equipment; Ehrman’s standard; Obligatory standards ofpublic and hospital pharmacy equipment; Regulation “Zdrav—l-3 the Pharmaceutical Service in Peacetime“