apothecary
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Instead of his house, we were at a New Age event venue in a strip mall that also contains an apothecary, a dry cleaner, and a head shop.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Tishler’s new boss, George W. Merck, was heir to a family enterprise dating to 1668, when an ancestor opened an apothecary in Darmstadt, Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“They didn’t even know about it until they heard it from their nephews,” said Askia, 58, who owns the apothecary with his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Serge's own artworks, including a distorted Count Duckula and a vintage apothecary cabinet, decorate the kitchen.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Sunflowers floated in the apothecary bottles, their petals pale and bloated like drowned fingers.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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There are more than 50 Chinese herbal apothecaries in the Los Angeles area, according to Willie So, sales director of Chinatown-based Solstice Medicine, a leading distributor of traditional Chinese medicine products since 1979.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Guests are encouraged to rummage about the infirmary, taxidermist’s place, padded room, libraries, apothecaries, laundry and even a detective agency.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
I was struck by her conversations with the ìyá èléwé ọmọ, the apothecaries themselves, who all had such intimate knowledge of the spices, herbs, roots and greens for sale, as well as their medicinal qualities.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
Many, in an homage to ancient apothecaries, are decorated with ceramic urns once used for herbal remedies.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
Midwives, nurses, dentists, barbers, apothecaries, wandering healers, quack physicians, and next-door neighbors offered opinions on the disease, too.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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