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Concept

Pharmacists

Images

  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • English pharmacy, c. 1680.
  • The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • A man who has swallowed petroleum asks a pharmacist for a remedy; the pharmacist shows hims several bottles and lets him chose the one he prefers, with fatal results. Line block.
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Catalogue

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    A charter granted to the apothecaries of London the 30th of May, 13 Jac. I : translated and printed for the better information of the said apothecaries in their duty to the city of London, the Colledg of Physicians and their own society.

    England and Wales. | Date: 1695
    • Ephemera

    Boots Medisure domiciliary dosage system : the free medicine management system from Boots / The Boots Company PLC.

    | Date: [2009]
    • Books

    Thomas Baskerville, Elizabethan apothecary of Exeter / by Margery Rowe and G.E. Trease.

    Rowe, Margery. | Date: 1970
    • Ephemera

    Borax : Bartlett & Goodall, M. P. S., dispensing chemists, 37 Crawford Street, Bryanston Square, W. 1. / Bartlett & Goodall.

    | Date: [between 1890 and 1929]
    • Ephemera

    Essence of vanilla : for flavouring puddings, custards, blanc-mange, &c. / Caley.

    | Date: [between 1850 and 1930]
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