apothecary

Instead of shelves of alcohol, apothecary drawers stocked with ingredients like goji berries and angelica root line the walls, permeating the room with their scent.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

“It’s like a little apothecary chest where there are all these different drawers in front of me that I can use,” Bates explains of her acting process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

Sweethearts — also known as conversation hearts — were created in 1847, when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that made it easier to create apothecary lozenges.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

Paleontologists first discovered Gigantopithecus in the mid-1930s in a Hong Kong apothecary where the ape’s unusually large molars were being hawked as “dragon teeth.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

He’d graduated with honors, had come to Salem and studied medicine; then he had decided to open his apothecary shop.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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

The candy heart was born during the lozenge craze of the mid-1800s, when apothecaries sold medicated candies to soothe sore throats and suppress coughs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

As Camper English explains in “Doctors and Distillers,” it did take a few centuries of scientific experimentation to move past those medieval apothecaries.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

Many, in an homage to ancient apothecaries, are decorated with ceramic urns once used for herbal remedies.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021

But the name was well-earned, because apothecaries were ancient, dealing in the old ways of medicine, too.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness