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• n  a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

• An apothecary or doctor's assistant, marching through the streets with a clyster tube on his shoulder (see cut), became a common sight, as a mania for enemas swept France.
• He was an apothecary's apprentice who practically frothed with genius and ambition.
• Apothecary Fragrance Take a whiff of the hottest trend in fragrances: apothecary-style storefronts where scents are home-brewed.

• pharmacist
• druggist
• chemist
• pill pusher
• pill roller

News & Articles

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• Carl Burris: First pharmacist
  Two hundred and sixty years ago, a Philadelphia hospital became the first American hospital to hire a salaried apothecary - what we now commonly call a pharmacist. The year was 1752 and the job description read: “to prepare and compound the medicines and administer them agreeable to the prescriptions of the physicians and surgeons.”
  June 13, 2013 - Washington Times-Herald
• The Apothecary, Grant Awards and Encore Entrepreneurs
  This past weekend, Brad Reeves, owner of Brent's Drugs, opened The Apothecary, a 1,000-square-foot "speakeasy" lounge inside the circa-1946 soda fountain.
  June 11, 2013 - Jackson Free Press

Quotes

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• Adam Smith in PoliGazette (blog)
  But Smith said: "The state cannot be very great of which the sovereign has leisure to carry on the trade of a wine merchant or apothecary".
• Carl Newman in A.V. Club New York
  After Bejar whispered something in his ear, Newman said to the crowd, "He's always talking in riddles. He said something about an apothecary."