Pharmacy facts for kids
A pharmacy is a shop where therapeutic drugs are sold. Sometimes a pharmacy is also called a drug store. The people working in a pharmacy are called pharmacists or chemists (British English). These people can recognise simple diseases and give drugs for some of them.
Certain drugs are special, because they can be addictive, or they change the way other drugs act, or they need to be taken in a special way. These drugs cannot simply be bought at a pharmacy. A prescription is necessary to get them. Medical doctors give out prescriptions, which can then be used to get the drug.
Many pharmacies do not sell drugs only. They also sell beauty products and hygiene-related products.
Pharmacy is also a branch of chemistry that studies the molecular structure of drugs to find better drugs.
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Images for kids
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The Apothecary or The Chemist by Gabriël Metsu (c. 1651–67)
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Pharmacy, Tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)
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Physician and Pharmacist, illustration from Medicinarius (1505) by Hieronymus Brunschwig
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Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, Byzantium, 15th century
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Sign of the Town Hall Pharmacy in Tallinn, operating continuously from at least 1422, showing the Bowl of Hygieia
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A pharmacy in Klaukkala, Finland
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Airman 1st Class Breanna DeMasters and Staff Sgt. Giovanni Fiorito, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group pharmacy technicians, fill prescription medication for patients, Oct. 7, Joint Base Balad Iraq.
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Pharmacists now go on rounds with doctors and have more patient interaction.
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A hanging Show globe, formerly used in the United States
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The Gaper, formerly used in the Netherlands
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See also
- In Spanish: Farmacia
