[The involvement of the apothecaries of Nancy in the medical consultation of the Royal College of Medicine, from 1764 to 1793].
A medical consultation reserved to poor sick persons of countries around Nancy was organized by the Royal College of Medicine from 1752. Concerning the drugs, the College thout first to use an apothecary companion, then it agreed, in 1764, with the proposal of the apothecaries of the city to distribute them free of charge, each in turn for two months, one in winter and one in summer. In 1788, the apothecaries complained from the abuses committed in the writing of the consultation tickets. The gardener had to furnish plants, gratuitously or not, in order the consultants to prepare drugs at home. These practices lasted until the extreme end of year 1793 where the College was cancelled.
Labrude
Pierre
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Faculté de pharmacie, BP 80403, 54001 Nancy cedex.
Meunier
Marie
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