Apothecary

Outside of class, I have been fortunate enough to volunteer as a pharmaceutical assistant. As an aspiring pharmacist, the experience of being first-hand behind the counter has shown me many highlights about the occupation. A pharmacist possesses extraordinary attentive skills for understanding patient difficulties and administering the applicable medication. Some of my responsibilities consisted of organization of patient files, working the cash register and aiding customers. A pharmacist has…

I was introduced into the pharmacy setting by being a part of a health science program in high school, and every week I would go to Walgreen’s pharmacy for training to become a certified pharmacy technician. After getting used to the college environment, I decided to volunteer at St. Joseph’s Pharmacy during my second semester of my freshmen year. The time that I spent at St. Joseph’s pharmacy helped me find my interests and skills in this profession and has motivated me to become a dependable…

Whether you received on-the-job training, are still in college to become a pharmacist or completed a vocational training program as a pharmacy technician, your education is what gives you the knowledge and experience to get a great job in a pharmacy. When writing a resume education section, highlight your individual education experiences and certifications to let employers know that you have the skills and knowledge necessary for the job. What to Include in a Pharmacy Technician Resume…

During my 3 years of pharmacy school, my perspective of pharmacist and future path has been changed many times. Before entering to the Pharmacy school, I did not deeply think about what kind of pharmacist I wanted to be. Definitely, IPPEs during the Pharmacy school years help me to navigate which field I have interest in. Also, many classes and research project gave me some ideas and helped to find my interests. As I learned and experienced more in the pharmacy field, my expectation and my…

The concept of the apothecary has existed for centuries. Derived from the Latin term apotheca, meaning a place where herbs and spices were stored. The role of the apothecary has always been connected to their familiarity with plants and herbs and their ability to administer them as remedies. In ancient Greece this was very similar to what we would consider folk medicine today, such as using mint for gastrointestinal issues. By the sixteenth century apothecaries had become the equivalent of our…

Apothecaries, people who sold and distributed medicine, were prime factors of the Elizabethan Era, as well as the Four Humors. Even though many people could have thought the Apothecaries were made up ideations of legitimate doctors, they played one of the greatest roles in the medical fields during the Elizabethan Era, because their practices are still relevant, they discovered herbal cures and chemical breakthroughs that helped save lives, and paved the way for pharmacies centuries later,…

disease, but actually bloodletting could lead to death by contamination, infection, or loss of too much blood. They believed that bloodletting relieved their bodies of toxic poisons and prevented fluid build ups like bumps in the black plague. Apothecaries sold herbal medicines to the rich which could have adverse effects. The rich patients could overdose on the drugs, like with…

family look bad. He was just after their money. The Montague and Capulet family forgave the friar and nurse for keeping such horrible secrets from them. The friar felt unworthy of title of being a friar and left the order. He ended up marrying an apothecary. They had a nice business where he…

Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence should be punished and the Apothecary should be pardoned. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father, deserves to be punished for the decisions he acted on in the days leading up to his daughter’s death. Lord Capulet had planned for Juliet to marry his friend Paris, but she refused. He shows his aggravation towards Juliet by yelling…

As I remember.. this should be the house. Today’s a holiday, so the beggar’s shop is shut. Hey! Apothecary! [The APOTHECARY enters] Apothecary Who’s that calling so loud? Romeo Come here, man. I see that you are poor. Here are forty coins. dwwds Let me have a shot of poison, Something that works so fast that the person who takes it will die as fast as gunpowder exploding in a cannon. Apothecary I have lethal poisons like that. But it’s against the law to sell them in Mantua, And the…