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Apothecary > 1366, "shopkeeper," from O.Fr. apotecaire (13c.), from L.L. apothecarius "storekeeper," from L. apotheca "storehouse," from Gk. apotheke "storehouse," lit. "a place where things are put away," from apo- "away" + tithenai "to put," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" . Drugs and...

Hello! Apothecary should be an old word for 'pharmacist', at least this is what my dictionary says

what does Apothecary mean?

I have studied the apothecary system, and notice they use roman numerals on prescriptions to indicated the number of tablets or capsules in the signa, such as iii po BID Alos, some doctors do: TTT po BID (for three tablets twice a day by mouth) But I notice most...

Darlin’ I pasted this from the Encyclopædia. Good luck with it. Pharmacy is the science and art concerned with the preparation and standardization of drugs. Its scope includes the cultivation of plants that are used as drugs, the synthesis of chemical compounds of medicinal value, and the...

Sure. I didn't do it because I am convinced it does not clarify anything. But of course since you ask for it .. and besides this is really fine classic litterature: "Captain Wentworth made a very early return to Mr Musgrove's civility, and she was all but calling there in the same half hour....