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Apothecaries in the Middle Ages sold it, Hippocrates prescribed it and the physician-philosopher Ibn-Sīnā extolled its virtues.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2023

Apothecaries founded this famous garden — one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe — to teach their students which plants poison, and which plants cure.

From Scientific American • Aug. 14, 2023

Bigelow Apothecaries, a venerable pharmacy in Greenwich Village, N95 face masks that can filter for viruses have been sold out for weeks, said Justin O’Connor, who works in the store’s surgical department.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

These persons were the Master and Wardens of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Apothecaries, to which no less an "apothecary" than famed poet John Keats once belonged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Apothecaries employ this conserve in the preparing of electuaries, and as a basis for pills.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas