Apothecary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
"Any person who keeps a shop or building where medicines are compounded or prepared according to prescriptions of physicians, or where medicines are sold, shall be regarded as an apothecary."
14 Stat. L. 119, § 23.
In England and Ireland an apothecary is a member of an inferior branch of the mi profession and is licensed by the Apothecaries Company to practice medicine as well as to sell drugs. See Druggist. APPARATOR (Lat). A furnisher; a provider. The sheriff of Bucks had formerly a considerable allowance as apparator co7nitatus (apparator for the county); Cowell.