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James Parkinson, English apothecary and namesake of the disease Parkinson's; Ruiz y Pavón (1850–1931), Ruiz and Pavón, Spanish famous pharmacists; Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788–1842), co-discoverer of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine; James Petiver (ca. 1664–1718), botanist and entomologist, considered the "father of British butterflies"
Apothecary (/ ə ˈ p ɒ θ ə k ər i /) is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons and patients. The modern terms 'pharmacist' and 'chemist' (British English) have taken over this role.
Apothecary—an ancient title that, especially in pre-modern or early modern contexts, indicates a broader set of skills and duties than the core role of dispensing medications, like prescribing remedies and even giving some treatments difficult to self-administer, e.g. enemas—have largely been within the "pharmacist" umbrella in the U.S ...
C. O. Bigelow Apothecaries is an American pharmacy and beauty brand founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter as The Village Apothecary Shop in Greenwich Village, New York.. Currently owned and operated by Ian Ginsberg, C. O. Bigelow is the oldest surviving apothecary–pharmacy in the United St
Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises of retail brands offered by the three major pharmaceutical wholesalers in Australia: Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API), Sigma Pharmaceuticals and EBOS Group.
Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (November 11, 1681 – November 11, 1762 [1]) was the first female apothecary in the Thirteen Colonies. [2] She is considered to be the first female pharmacist in the United States.
Sir John Colbatch (baptised 1666 – 1729) was an English apothecary and physician. [1] Beginning as an apprentice, rising through freeman to master apothecary in the Worcester Mercer 's Company, he went to London in the early 1690s.
The collection, which the published catalogue made as famous in the seventeenth century as that of that other famous apothecary and virtuoso, Francesco Calceolari of Verona, [4] ranged widely; it embraced a herbarium, shells, birds, sea creatures, in addition to the fossils, clays, minerals and metallic ores, marble and gem species. It was ...