Glasgow Apothecaries Company; 1805-1919

aka Glasgow Apothecaries' Hall

Glasgow Apothecaries Company

1805-1919

Glasgow

Glasgow Apothecaries Company. 1905. Centenary, 1805-1905. Glasgow: Citizen Press. (Pamphlets: Glasgow, v. 10: item 6)

Johanna Geyer-Kordesch and Fiona MacDonald. 1999. Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow: The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1599-1858. London: Hambledon Press. (Reading Room WZ 23 GEY)

Lesley Richmond et al (eds). 2017. The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Routledge

"This company 'was formed in 1805 by a number of medical men entering into partnership for the purpose of getting their prescriptions properly dispensed'. The Apothecaries' Hall was opened in Wilson's Court, 29 Argyll Street, but as it soon evolved into a retailing business and moved in 1810 to one of the old mansions in Virginia Street." (Geyer-Kordesch & MacDonald, p. 248)

"In 1919 [T & H Smith Ltd] acquired the business of Glasgow Apothecaries Co, which had been established at Virginia Street, Glasgow, in 1805, by a group of general practitioners who wished to establish an efficient dispensary for their prescribed drugs. Shortly afterwards, Glasgow Apothecaries Co began distributing wholesale to retail druggists." (Richmond et al)