Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Apothecary

I do remember an apothecary,
And hereabouts he dwells.
Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene 1. (To himself.)

Long has he been of that amphibious fry,
Bold to prescribe and busy to apply.
Dr. Garth.—The Dispensary, Canto II. Line 118.