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            <text>Glasgow Apothecaries Company. 1905. &lt;em&gt;Centenary, 1805-1905&lt;/em&gt;. Glasgow: Citizen Press. (&lt;a href="https://nhs-scot-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44NHSS_ALMA2120596640003491&amp;amp;context=L&amp;amp;vid=44NHSS_VU1&amp;amp;search_scope=default_scope&amp;amp;tab=default_tab&amp;amp;lang=en_US" target="_blank"&gt;Pamphlets: Glasgow, v. 10: item 6&lt;/a&gt;)</text>
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            <text>Johanna Geyer-Kordesch and Fiona MacDonald. 1999. &lt;em&gt;Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow: The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1599-1858&lt;/em&gt;. London: Hambledon Press. (&lt;a href="https://nhs-scot-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44NHSS_ALMA2119086710003491&amp;amp;context=L&amp;amp;vid=44NHSS_VU1&amp;amp;search_scope=default_scope&amp;amp;tab=default_tab&amp;amp;lang=en_US" target="_blank"&gt;Reading Room WZ 23 GEY&lt;/a&gt;)</text>
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            <text>Lesley Richmond et al (eds). 2017. &lt;em&gt;The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records&lt;/em&gt;. Routledge</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/795"&gt;Antimonial wine&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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