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  • Men digging minerals; a phoenix being reborn; a pelican feeding its chicks with its blood; symbols of the four elements; an apothecary's shop. Engraving by J. Drapentier, 1677.
  • Two men in a car outside the Wellcome pharmaceutical depot in the Middle East. Photograph.
  • Two men in a car outside the Wellcome pharmaceutical depot in the Middle East. Photograph.
  • The interior of a seventeenth-century apothecary's shop recreated for the German National Museum in Nürnberg. Photograph.
  • An old lady in a pharmacy misunderstanding the use of a thermometer: she thinks the ambient temperature will adjust to match a setting on the thermometer, rather than vice versa. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1887.
  • A seventeenth-century German apothecary's shop with ornate pharmacy jars, large metal mortars and a stuffed turtle hanging from the ceiling; recreated for the German National Museum in Nuremberg. Photograph by Christof Müller.
  • A statue of Aesculapius holding his staff and a plant stands in a large pharmacy below the coat of arms of Leiden; men working in the pharmacy in the background; representing the pharmacopoeia of Leiden. Engraving by F. van Bleyswyck, 1751.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • Two people come into a pharmacy to ask for advice, the apothecary sits resting his gouty leg. Etching by N. Loder after himself.
  • Delhi: an anatomical model advertising a pharmacy. Colour photograph by Ben Dray, 1993.
  • The exterior of a small brick building used as an apothecary shop by Dr. Archibald Blair in the eighteenth century, Virginia. Photograph.
  • Delhi: an anatomical model advertising a pharmacy. Colour photograph by Ben Dray, 1993.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • Three affluent doctors congratulating themselves on their profession. Coloured mezzotint, 1793, after Robert Dighton.
  • 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.
  • Thomas Brugis: his portrait, with vignettes of the work and equipment of the surgeon and apothecary. Line engraving by T. Cross.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • Villiers Street, Strand: the north-east part, including the shop of William Challice, chemist and druggist; Alsopp's dining and oyster rooms; and a cigar shop. Photograph, 189-.
  • Definition of a condom against a textured background: "The only protection against AIDS" with instructions on how to buy them in French: 'In a pharmacy, just say: "Bonjour, une boîte de préservatifs, s'il vous plaît"'; an advertisement by Mairie de Paris. Colour lithograph.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse in a pharmacy. Oil painting by Emili Casals i Camps, ca. 1882.
  • Thomas Brugis: his portrait, with vignettes of the work and equipment of the surgeon and apothecary. Line engraving by T. Cross.
  • The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries' pharmacy, Water Lane, Blackfriars, London: a woman is served by the pharmacist, who stands behind a high polished wood counter, in front of shelves holding glass pharmacy jars. Photograph, ca. 1935.
  • A pharmaceutical business (John Bell & Co.): rooms for manufacture, dispensing, and shop. Etching by R.W. Macbeth.
  • An Irish man is having a prescription made up in a pharmacy shop, he complains to the pharmacist about the small quantity of medicine he is being given. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1874.
  • Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.
  • 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.
  • A grocer's shop in England: doorway and shop window. Photograph.
  • In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.