APOTHECARY

Below the term “APOTHECARY” from the Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

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APOTHECARY, n. The physician’s accomplice, undertaker’s benefactor and grave worm’s provider.

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.