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Pharmacy: Pharmacy and Bush Medicine in the Bahamas

Pharmacy: Getting Started

Pharmacy in the Bahamas

Cotterill, S. (2009, June 23). PharmaChem –pharmaceutical success. The Bahamas Investor. http://www.thebahamasinvestor.com/2009/pharmachem-pharmaceutical-success/ 

Maura, M. (2012, June 13). New pharmacists to have almost immediate impact on public health. The Bahamasweekly.com. http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/New_pharmacists_to_have_almost_immediate_impact_on_public_health22461.shtml 

Pharmaceutical technology ’in embryonic stage. (2013, August 15). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/aug/15/pharmaceutical-technology-in-embryonic-stage/ 

Pharmacy veteran celebrates multiple milestones. (2013, August 5). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/aug/05/pharmacy-veteran-celebrates-multiple-milestones/ 

Rolle, R. (2013, October 4). Pharmacy Council appoints new registrar. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/oct/04/pharmacy-council-appoints-new-registrar/ 

Country’s first female pharmacist to be recognized. (2015, June 9). The Nassau Guardian. https://thenassauguardian.com/2015/06/09/countrys-first-female-pharmacist-to-be-recognized/ 

Turnquest, A. (2019, June 5). Hospitals need more pharmacists | The Tribune. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/jun/05/hospitals-need-more-pharmacists/ 

Bush Medicine in the Bahamas and Caribbean

Ayre, S. (2002). Bush doctor: Forgotten folklore & remedies from Jamaica & the Caribbean.  LMH. Call Number: QK99.J25 2002 

Burns-Higgs, H. (1960). Bush medicine: Nature's drugstore well patronized throughout the Bahamas. [Author]. Call Number: B F1651.B232 1960 

Butler, A. (1977). Bush medicine in the Bahamas. [Author]. Call Number: RS164.B3.B8 

Chhetri, B. K., Dosoky, N. S., & Setzer, W. N. (2015). Cytotoxic norhopene triterpenoids from the bark of Exothea paniculata from Abaco Island, Bahamas. Planta Medica Letters2(01), e73-e77. https://d-nb.info/1168021936/34 

Clement, Y. N., Baksh-Comeau, Y. S., & Seaforth, C. E. (2015). An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Trinidad. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 11, 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0052-0  

Cures and curses: Obeah, bush medicine, folklore and such. (1967). In Bahamas Handbook and Manual 1966/1967 (pp. 92– 96).  Etienne Dupuch, Jr. Publications.Call Number: B REF F1651.B232 1966/67 

De Boer, H. J., Barnes, J., & Vandebroek, I. (2014). Medicinal plants used for menstrual disorders in Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia and their uterine properties: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.049 

Eldridge, J. (1975). Bush medicine in the Exumas and Long Island, Bahamas: A field study. Economic Botany29(4), 307-332. Call Number: RS164 .B3E55 1976 

Eshbaugh, W. H. (2014). The flora of the Bahamas, Donovan Correll, and the Miami University Connection. Botanical Review, 80, 184–203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-014-9141-3 

Gibson, E. (2015). Bahamian bush medicine: Fact or folklore? International Journal of Bahamian Studies, 21(1), 108–115. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v21i1.259 

Halberstein, R. A. (2005). Medicinal plants: Historical and cross-cultural usage patterns. Annals of Epidemiology, 15(9), 686–699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.02.004 

Hammerton, J. (2008). Mucuna pruriens: Weed, invasive or multi-use crop for The Bahamas? College of The Bahamas Research Journal, 12, 4. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v12i0.49 

Hanna-Smith, M. (2005). Bush medicine in Bahamian folk tradition. [Author]. Call Number: RS164.B3.H36 2005 

Higgs, L. (1969). Bush medicine in the Bahamas. Nassau Guardian. Call Number: RS164.H44 1969 

Kaushik, S., Kaushik, S., Sharma, V., & Parkash Yadav, J. (2018). Antiviral and therapeutic uses of medicinal plants and their derivatives against dengue viruses. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 12, 177–185. https://doi.org/10.4103/phrev.phrev_2_18 

Klawikkan, N., Nukoolkarn, V., Jirakanjanakit, N., Yoksan, S., Wiwat, C., & Thirapanmethee, K. (2011). Effect of Thai medicinal plant extracts against dengue virus in vitro. Mahidol University Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 38, 13–18.  https://pharmacy.mahidol.ac.th/journal/_files/2011_13-18.pdf

Latifah, S., Kadir, A., Yaakob, H., Razauden, & Zulkifli, M. (2013). Potential anti-dengue medicinal plants: A review. Journal of Natural Medicines, 67, 677–689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-013-0767-y 

Lohr, P. A., Reiff, M., Balick, M. J., Kronenberg, F., Ososki, A. L., Lohr, P., Fugh-Berman, A., & O’connor, B. (2002). Ethnobotanical literature survey of medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic used for women’s health conditions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 79, 285–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00376-2 

McCormack, J. H., Maier, K. & Wallens, P. B. (2011). Bush medicine of the Bahamas: a cross-cultural perspective from San Salvador Island, including pharmacology and oral histories. JHM Designs.  Call Number: RS164.B3M333 2011 

Moncur, E. (1997). Mystical Cat Island.  Call Number: F1659.C37.M97 1997 

Nickrent, D. L., Eshbaugh, W. H., & Wilson, T. K. (2008). The vascular flora of Andros Island, Bahamas. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 

Noletto, J., Vogler, B., & Setzer, W. N. (2007). Abaco bush medicine: Chemical composition of the essential oils of four aromatic medicinal plants from Abaco Island, Bahamas. Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, 12(3), 43–65. https://doi.org/10.1300/J044v12n03_04 

Picking, D., Lewis, P. A., & Mitchell, S. A. (2018). A review of Coralilla (Antigonon leptopus): An invasive and popular urban bush medicine in Jamaica. Economic Botany, 20(10), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9415-5 

Quinlan, M. B. (2004). From the bush: The front line of health care in a Caribbean village.  Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Call Number: RA677.D6Q5 2004 

Quinlan, M. B., & Quinlan, R. J. (2007). Modernization and medicinal plant knowledge in a Caribbean horticultural village. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 21(2), 169–192. https://doi.org/10.1525/MAQ.2007.21.2.169 

Richey-Abbey, L. (2012). Bush medicine in the Family Islands: The medical Ethnobotany of Cat Island and Long Island, the Bahamas.(Thesis, Ph.d) Miami University. https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=miami1335445242&disposition=inline Call Number: B DISS RS164 .B3R53 2012 

Saunders, Ashley B. (n.d.). History of the Bahamas, Bimini: A case study. New World Press. Call Number: F1659.B5S38 

Savishinsky, J. S. (1978). Strangers no more: Anthropological studies of Cat Island, the Bahamas. Dept. of Anthropology, Ithaca College, Call Number: B GN564 .B3S7 1978 

Setzer, M. C., Newby, J. S., Moriarity, D. M., & Setzer, W. N. (2015). A phytopharmaceutical survey of Abaco Island, Bahamas. American Journal of Essential Oils and Natural Products , 3(1).  http://www.essencejournal.com/pdf/2015/vol3issue1/PartA/2-4-3-435.pdf

Seymour, E. (197?). Bush medicine in the Bahamas. [Author].  Call Number: RS164 .B3.S49 1977

Smith, A. E. D. (1978). Aspects of Bahamian culture. Vantage Press. Call Number: F1654.S65 1978 

Smith, R. R. (1972). Bush medicine on San Salvador. College Center of the Finger Lakes. Call Number: RS164 .B3B87 1972 

Tinker, K. L. (2015). Faith, religion and spirituality in the Bahamas. [Author]. Call Number: BL51.T55 2015 

Torres-Avilez, W., Méndez-González, M., Durán-García, R., Boulogne, I., & Germosén-Robineau, L. (2011). Medicinal plant knowledge in Caribbean Basin: A comparative study of Afrocaribbean, Amerindian and Mestizo communities. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 11, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0008-4 

Van Andel, T., De Boer, H. J., Barnes, J., & Vandebroek, I. (2014). Medicinal plants used for menstrual disorders in Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia and their uterine properties: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 155(2), 992–1000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.049 

Volpato, G., Godínez, D., Beyra, A., & Barreto, A. (2009). Uses of medicinal plants by Haitian immigrants and their descendants in the Province of Camagüey, Cuba. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 5, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-16 

Warner, M. F. (2007). Herbal plants of Jamaica: bush teas, bush baths, flavourings and spices.  Macmillan Education. Call Number: QK99.J29W37 2007 

Wilmanowicz, R. (2010). Bush medicine in the Bahamas: a modern approach. CreateSpace. Call Number: RS164. B3 W55 2010