Friday, 16 September 2011

Apothecary

 
Apothecary (pronounced /əˈpɒθɨkɛəri/) is a historical name for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served by a pharmacist (or a chemist or dispensing chemist). To my delight a chemist shop in Inverary had this sign...

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4 comments:

  1. Jinksy16 September 2011 at 19:00

    And a tongue pleasing word it is! :)

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  2. martine16 September 2011 at 21:01

    have you been watching the bbc series on the victorian chemists, it's been fascinating.
    thanks for sharing
    martine

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  3. Librarian17 September 2011 at 07:19

    And again, a word that is almost exactly the same in German! What you'd call pharmacy is Apotheke in German; an apothecary (the person?) would be an Apoteheker.

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  4. Kerry20 September 2011 at 19:19

    Hello! I am getting a whole lot of good ideas from your blog for a school project of mine. I'm in the process of collecting words & having kids illustrate them...come add to the list if you feel like it.

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