apothecary
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The retailer started out as an apothecary, so health is in its roots.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
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
The doctor and I were in the apothecary when the housekeeper showed the stranger in.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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
I wandered through a few apothecaries and bottle shops, admired the well-kept lawns and gardens.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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