The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg / Being an Account of his medical and chirurgical Services, as well as of his trade Practices as a Chymist

by Thomas K. Ford

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.

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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

• Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
• Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
• In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.