pharmacistn.

1721 E. Strother Dr. Radcliffe's Pract. Dispensatory (ed. 4) v. 110 Who knows these, save the Philosopher, the Anatomist, the Chymist, the Mathematician, the Pharmacist, and the learned Observer?

1818 Times 15 Sept. 2/5 Mr. Cockrell purchased some time ago from M. van den Hoven, pharmacist, the house, which he at present inhabits.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. ii. 11 Unskilful pharmacists! pleasure and study are not elements to be thus mixed together.

1898 Rev. Brit. Pharmacy 29 The Pharmacopœia, generally a stickler in legality, speaks of ‘pharmacists’, which, strictly speaking, chemists and druggists are not.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 90 838 Any educational institution should be proud of the opportunity of training both pharmacists and druggists.

1936 Amer. Home Feb. 42/2 Later on many pharmacists recommended nutmeg as a cure for insomnia and this may be related to the fact that modern chemists have discovered mace to contain a toxic substance called myristicin.

1994 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 8/4 Patients asking for a range of pills and medicines in chemist shops will be given medical advice by the pharmacist under a new scheme to be introduced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

2001 Saga Nutritional Suppl. Catal. Spring 21/1 Before taking this product—please check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any prescribed medicines as St John's Wort may affect the way they work.