Apothecary Bottles HMS Victory Metal Print

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These are apothecary artefacts on board Admiral Lord Nelson's ship HMS Victory, the naval flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, which is in dry dock at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard in Hampshire UK.
The medieval apothecary was the ancestor of the modern GP (general practitioner). In medieval Europe individuals selling wine, spices and herbs were known as apothecaries. They prepared and sold medicines to physicians and directly to patients. In addition, they offered medical advice and other products.
The apothecaries were originally part of the grocery business, but from the 1200s, across Europe they began to establish guilds, sometimes jointly with physicians. Their role was to supply drugs to doctors, rather than prescribe medicines themselves. They trained through apprenticeships and, from the 1500s, some university study as well.
In England, the Society of Apothecaries was established in 1617, breaking away from the Grocers' Company. This gave apothecaries more freedom i...

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