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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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An interior of an affluent apothecary's shop - a wounded young man is being examined. Coloured aquatint attributed to M. Egerton, 1824.
Egerton, M., active 1824-1827.Date: 1824Reference: 15970i- Pictures
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Two drunken soldiers ask an apothecary for some 'eau de vie' - some brandy. Coloured lithograph by J. Rigo.
Rigo, Jules, 1810-1892.Reference: 16819iPart of: Souvenirs militaires- Pictures
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The interior of a shop of a family of apothecaries - d' Ailly. Photoprint by V.A Bruckmann, 1904, after an oil painting by J. Jelgerhuis Rienksz, 1818.
Jelgerhuis, J. (Johannes), 1770-1836.Date: 1818-1904Reference: 15961i- Archives and manuscripts
English Miscellany, 17th-19th centuries
Date: 1644-1848Reference: MS.8797