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Farewell Professor D'Arcy , Founder Faculty of Pharmacy U of K
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D’Arcy On 26 September, Patrick Francis D’Arcy, OBE, FRPharmS, of 4 Lenamore Park, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT28 3NJ, aged 73 years. Professor D’Arcy registered in 1957.
Patrick D’Arcy graduated from the University of London in 1952 and gained his PhD in 1956. In 1958 he became head of pharmacology at Allen & Hanburys. He returned to academia in 1962 as dean of the faculty of pharmacy and professor of pharmacology at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, where he initiated pharmacy education. In 1967 he became technical director at Riker Laboratories and special lecturer at the pharmacy department, Nottingham University. His next move was to Northern Ireland as professor and head of the pharmacy department at the Queen’s University of Belfast where he remained for 16 years.
His monthly column on adverse drug reactions in Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy was widely read and quoted. He edited Pharmacy International and later the International Pharmacy Journal. He was also a past editor of the International Journal of Pharmaceutics. His book on iatrogenic diseases and his manual of drug interactions have been described as classics in their areas. He took a special interest in third world health care and was director of the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s third world department.
Professor D’Arcy was Conference Science Chairman for the British Pharmaceutical Conference in 1980. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours in 1981. In 1984 he received the Harrison memorial medal, awarded for outstanding achievement by a pharmacist in the science and practice of pharmacy. He was made a fellow of the School of Pharmacy in 1993 for his contribution to pharmacy, both nationally and internationally. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of Khartoum.
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Re: Farewell Professor D'Arcy , Founder Faculty of Pharmacy U of K (Re: Mohamed Omer)
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Professor Patrick D’Arcy (left) at the building completion ceremony for the new Pharmacy Department at Queens University, Belfast in 1980. Professor Patrick D’Arcy (BPharm, 1952; PhD, 1956; DSc, 1977) was an innovator in pharmacy education on a global scale. He established pharmacy as an academic subject at the University of Khartoum in Sudan, where he became Dean. His support for pharmacy education in developing countries remained strong throughout his life, reflected in his appointment as Director of the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s Third World Department. Later he became the first Head of the Pharmacy Department at Queen’s University, Belfast. In 1981 he was awarded an OBE for services to pharmacy.
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Re: Farewell Professor D'Arcy , Founder Faculty of Pharmacy U of K (Re: Mohamed Omer)
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Patrick F. D'Arcy Books
The Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy of Asthma
by D'Arcy, Patrick F. (Editor); Mcelnay, James C. (Editor)
Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Ellis Horwood/John Wiley & Sons, New York Date Published: 1989 ISBN-13: 9780470215227 ISBN: 0470215224 Description: Very Good Ex-Library Cond Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0470215224 258 pgs. CHAPTER TITLES: Epidemiology of Asthma; Pathophysiology of Asthma; Chemistry of Drugs Used in Asthma; Use of B-stimulants in Asthma; Use of Theophylline in Asthma; Use of Sodium Cromoglycate and other Anti-Allergic Drugs in Asthma; Use of Corticosteroids in Asthma; Use of Anticholinergics and Other Drugs; Inhalation Devices; Sustained-Release Theophylline Products; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.)
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