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.

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.

The Wellcome Research Institution, Euston Road, London: a reconstruction of an Arabic pharmacy from Damascus, 1959-1989. Photograph.

The pharmacy of J. Cassel, founded in 1683 at 4 Rue de la Barre, Dieppe: detail of the timpanum above the entrance. Photograph.

The Wellcome Research Institution, Euston Road, London: a reconstruction of an Italian pharmacy, 1935-1946. Photograph.

A child serving behind the counter of a chemists and offering advice to a female customer. Wood engraving.

A new apothecary's shop open for business, with parody advertisements for different potions; representing the remedies required for different professions and social types. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1802.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Turkish drug shop. Photograph.

A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.

A woman falling headfirst through an open cellar-door outside a pharmacy, and a man expressing his concern. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank after G.M. Woodward, 1798.

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An apothecary's shop: interior. Watercolour by Lucy Pierce.

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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

<p>The patient has a handkerchief around his jaw, usually a sign of toothache. He reaches with one hand to get money from a bag.The pharmacist would be trying to sell him a pain-killer: he contorts himself in an ingratiating attitude.</p>

1 painting : watercolour ; image 14.1 x 8.9 cm

A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

<p>Left and right of the central entrance door are display windows advertising a large number of products and surmounted by the name Hodson & Baldry Dispensing chemists. A notice "The pharmacy" is placed above the door to be seen from the other side of the street. Hanging sign designed to be seen by pedestrians on the same side of the street say "Chemist" and "All Kodak supplies". A silhouette of a sheep advertising Cooper's sheep dip stands on the right. Label on verso states that Henry Hill Hickman [surgeon-apothecary and anaesthetist] used to live in this house</p>

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 15 x 10.8 cm

Pharmacy of Hodson & Baldry, Tenbury Wells. Photograph.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 60.1 x 39.9 cm

Multi-coloured condoms with the message in French: "Condom and gel: the inseparable couple ... pleasure without risk"; including a list of condom makes from Bartoline to Wet; an advertisement by the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA and SPG, Santé et Plaisir Gai. Colour lithograph.

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An apothecary's shop: interior. Watercolour by Lucy Pierce.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

Pharmacy of Hodson & Baldry, Tenbury Wells. Photograph.

Multi-coloured condoms with the message in French: "Condom and gel: the inseparable couple ... pleasure without risk"; including a list of condom makes from Bartoline to Wet; an advertisement by the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA and SPG, Santé et Plaisir Gai. Colour lithograph.

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An apothecary's shop: interior. Watercolour by Lucy Pierce.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

A pharmacy: the pharmacist (a fox) tries to sell medicines to a customer in pain (a duck, accompanied by his wife). Painting by L.H. Choustrac, 1905.

Pharmacy of Hodson & Baldry, Tenbury Wells. Photograph.

Multi-coloured condoms with the message in French: "Condom and gel: the inseparable couple ... pleasure without risk"; including a list of condom makes from Bartoline to Wet; an advertisement by the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA and SPG, Santé et Plaisir Gai. Colour lithograph.

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