[Development of pharmacy in the Leskovac region for the period from liberation from the Turks until World War II].

From the historical point of view, there are three time periods when the process of modernization of Serbian society took place. First period includes the interval from the beginning of the 19th century until the end of World War I, when the Serbian country was reestablished as Serbian Knezevina (princedom) and in 1882 as Serbian Kingdom. Second period includes an interval from the unity of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croatians and Slovenians, which was established at the end of World War I (1918) and in 1929 changed the name into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which lasted until the end of World War II. The third period includes time after World War II. In this paper, the social-economical conditions in the Leskovac area during the first two periods of modernization were described, as well as the pharmacy development emphasizing the characteristic of the pharmaceutics. The Leskovac area belongs to most recently liberated areas in Serbia, i.e. Leskovac was liberated at the end of 1877. Nevertheless, the first pharmacy was opened in Leskovac in 1862, during the reign of the Turks. The authors being the people from Leskovac as well as the pharmacists believe that they contributed to better overview of the activities of people from modernization period, paying them well-deserved recognition.

[The history of the first pharmacy of Leskovac region].

This paper explains the social and healthcare related conditions in the Leskovac region during 18th and 19th century, and the foundation of the first pharmacy in Serbia. Based on the available historical facts and private documents, the history of the origin and activities of the first pharmacy in the Leskovac region during the Turkish reign in 1862 is presented.The paper also mentions the founder, Dr. Alexiadis (Greek by origin), who was a doctor working in pharmaceutical industry, as well as his son Mgr.Ph. Djordje Aleksic, born in 1847 in Ioannina (Greece) and graduated from the Pharamacy Faculty in Constantinople in 1875, who later became the owner. After graduation, Mgr.Ph. Djordje Aleksic came in Leskovac and took over the "Hipokrat" pharmacy from his father, and started pharmacy business in Leskovac in the true meaning of that word.