Chapter C: J. S. Thompson, The Mystery and Art of the Apothecary

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1929.

Surry Wood, _The Old Apothecary Shop_. Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century
House, 1956.

_The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg_ was first published in 1965 and previously reprinted in 1968, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990. Written by Thomas K. Ford, now retired as editor of Colonial Williamsburg publications, it is based largely on a monograph by Harold B. Gill, Jr. That study has been published as _The Apothecary in Colonial Virginia_ (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1972).

Transcriber’s Notes

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—Silently corrected a few palpable typos.

—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.