Nicholas Culpeper
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Nicholas Culpeper was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer. His book The English Physitian is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of
Engraving by Richard Gaywood
The title page of The English Physitian
Apothecary
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Apothecary is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients. The modern terms pharmacist and, in British English,
Nicholas Culpeper
…not known at which college, although his father studied at Queens', and his grandfather was a member of Jesus College. He was then apprenticed to an apothecary. After seven years his master absconded with the money paid for the indenture, and soon after, Culpeper's mother died of breast cancer. In 1640, Culpeper…
An apothecary in the 15th century
A 15th-century French apothecary (at right)
Interior of an apothecary's shop. Illustration from Illustrated History of Furniture, From the Earliest to the Present Time from 1893 by Frederick Litchfield (1850–1930).
The Lady Apothecary, by Alfred Jacob Miller (between 1825 and 1870). Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.