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Pharmacists

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Images from the collections

Images about Pharmacists

282 images from works
  • 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.
  • Walter A. Walling, registered pharmacist : Providence R.I / Walter A. Walling.
  • Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.
  • Ekins pharmacy, Melbourne, Victoria: the shop seen from the street, with the pharmacist and his family standing outside. Photograph by E.C. Waddington, ca. 1883/1884.
  • A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.
  • A market selling drugs and materia medica. Etching by J. Phillips, 18--.
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Works from the collections

4,013 works

    • Ephemera

    Rexall drug store : the house of McCoy / K. E. Hilty.

    | Date: [between 1940 and 1959?]
    • Ephemera

    The inhalation. : Not to be taken. / Savory & Moore.

    | Date: [between 1915 and 1949?]
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Burroughs, Silas Mainville

    | Burroughs; Silas Mainville (1846-1895) | Date: Mid 19th Century-Late 20th Century | Reference: PP/SMB
    • Ephemera

    Compound syrup of hypophosphites : being neither acid nor alkaline it will not derange the stomach.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1949]
    • Ephemera

    Pure glycerine : British Pharmacopoeia / John F. Usher.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1959]
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Related topics

Pharmacies
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Advertising cards
Drug Industry
History, 20th Century
Drug Prescriptions
United States
History, 19th Century
History of Pharmacy
Pestles

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