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A female apothecary mixing up a prescription for a child. Etching by G. Greux, 187-,  after Q.G. van Brekelenkam.

A nun with two children in a convent pharmacy, surrounded attributes of the trade. Lithograph by André after E. Pingret.

How to become a dispenser : the new profession for women / by Emily L.B. Forster.

Some early women research workers in British pharmacy, 1886-1912 / by E.J. Shellard.

Der Briefwechsel der ersten deutschen Apothekerinnen / von Rüdiger Rombach.

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How to become a dispenser : the new profession for women / by Emily L.B. Forster.

A female apothecary mixing up a prescription for a child. Etching by G. Greux, 187-, after Q.G. van Brekelenkam.

Some early women research workers in British pharmacy, 1886-1912 / by E.J. Shellard.

A nun with two children in a convent pharmacy, surrounded attributes of the trade. Lithograph by André after E. Pingret.

Der Briefwechsel der ersten deutschen Apothekerinnen / von Rüdiger Rombach.