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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothecary \A*poth"e*ca*ry\, n.; pl {Apothecaries}. [OE.
apotecarie fr LL apothecarius fr L. apotheca storehouse,
Gr apo, fr ? to put away ? from + ? to put: cf F.
apothicaire OF apotecaire See {Thesis}.]
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal
purposes.
Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class
of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The
surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical
attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up
prescriptions is now commonly called in England a
druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist.
{Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which
medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound
and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only
in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8
drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apothecary
n : a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: {pharmacist}, {druggist}, {chemist},
{pill pusher}, {pill roller}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apothecary
rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in
Ex 30:25; 37:29; Eccl. 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were
prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The
feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered
confectionaries" in 1 Sam. 8:13.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor
and grave worm's provider.
When Jove sent blessings to all men that are
And Mercury conveyed them in a jar,
That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth
Disease for the apothecary's health,
Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim:
"My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!"
G.J.
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