The collected works of Ambrose Bierce

Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)

VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY

VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Apothecary, n.

[“Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get,”]

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Apothecary, n.

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The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider.

[When Jove sent blessings to all men that are]

When Jove sent blessings to all men that are,
And Mercury conveyed them in a jar,
That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth
Disease for the apothecary's health,
Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim:
“My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!”

G. J.

University of Virginia Library

Apothecary, n.

[When Jove sent blessings to all men that are]