Their attitude is like that of the mediaeval apothecary who first bled his patient white and then wondered why his patient was anaemic.
It would be rather like reverting to the medieval apothecary apprenticeship system.
The remaining change relates to the apothecaries' units and weights and measures.
These issues cannot be weighed in an apothecary's scale.
The truth is that business interests have got into the habit of mind of the apothecary's leech.
To have it otherwise would be to retreat to the days of the apothecary's apprentice.
It is still illegal for any person to act as an apothecary if he is not in fact a certified apothecary.
In relation to pharmacology and medicine this meant that testing a novel medicine could no longer be arranged on a personal basis between apothecary, physician, and patient.
