Museum of the Oregon Territory honors icons of pharmacy: The Kaegi Brothers

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From rattlesnake oil to rock candy, laudanum to arsenic, the antique pharmacy once had the cure for most everything - with or without a prescription. The Clackamas County Historical Society is pleased to announce The Antique Pharmacy, a free educational forum on September 15th from 1-2 p.m. at the Museum of the Oregon Territory.

The program honors the contributions of John Kaegi and Richard Kaegi, OSU Icons of Pharmacy, and highlights the museums re-dedicated Kaegi Antique Pharmacy Exhibit.

The public and Oregons pharmacy professionals have been invited to gather to explore the museums extensive exhibit of antique pharmaceutical products, relics and gadgets donated by the Kaegi family to the Clackamas County Historical Society. It will be a unique opportunity to discuss the collection with retirees from the field who may have once put these curiosities to use.

All are welcome to join in an open forum discussion on the Changing Role of the Pharmacist in History, following a keynote address from Dr. Mark Zabriskie, Dean of the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. Refreshments and ice-cream sodas will be served. Exploring the collections rare and interesting contents will earn the most observant participants small prizes, reminiscent of drug store days-gone-by.

John and Richard Kaegi were admitted in 2008 to OSUs Hall of Fame as Icons of Pharmacy, alumni who have distinguished themselves through sustained and meritorious contributions to pharmacy throughout their careers. The Kaegis ran neighborhood drug stores in Portland and Wilsonville for over 6 decades.

Their father, who graduated from OSUs College of Pharmacy in 1921, started his career in the days when druggists custom-ground herbs with a mortar and pestle, often concocting and testing original formulas on themselves.

John and Dick Kaegi took over the family business when their father passed in 1952, and the brothers worked together until 1989, witnessing the pharmacys evolution towards todays barcoded" and pre-manufactured medications.

Now the Kaegi brothers are noted supporters of the preservation of historic pharmacies, and pharmaceutical education.

Student and faculty representatives of Oregon State University, Pacific College of Pharmacy, the Oregon State Pharmacy Association, the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, and the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy have been invited to contribute anecdotes, questions, and philosophies to the roundtable discussion.

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Museum of the Oregon Territory honors icons of pharmacy: The Kaegi Brothers