The origin, progress, and present state of the various establishments for conducting chemical processes, and other medicinal preparations, at Apothecaries Hall.

  • Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London.
Date:
1823
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Credit: The origin, progress, and present state of the various establishments for conducting chemical processes, and other medicinal preparations, at Apothecaries Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ORIGIN, &)C. fyc. From the Charter granted to the Society of Apothecaries by his Majesty King James the First, it appears that about the latter end of the I6th and the beginning of the 17th century, the Metropolis of this kingdom abounded in ignorant and dangerous Empiricks, who, not being regu¬ larly educated as Apothecaries, made and com¬ pounded many “ hurtful, false, and pernicious medicines/’ the evil effects of which were not confined to the Capital, but were disseminated through most parts of the Kingdom. With a view to remedy these grievances this Society was established in the year 1617, and was empowered to make ordinances concerning Medicines and Compositions, advising respecting the same with the President and Censors of the Royal College of Physicians; also to examine the Shops of