A pharmacy is a place where medicines are produced and/or dispensed.
An apothecary is a laboratory where medicines are produced or a pharmacy . The concept derives from the Greek apotheke and can be translated as “warehouse” or “store” .
Botica is also the place where medicines are dispensed. Sometimes the term is even used to name the medication itself .
For example: “When he arrived in this country, my grandfather Hernán opened a pharmacy” , “I'm going to go to the pharmacy to find out what I can use to combat this pain” , “Robbery of a pharmacy: a group of criminals took a large amount of drugs.”
Importance of a pharmacy
Many times the idea of a pharmacy is used with respect to the place where a pharmacist provides a service to the community , giving medications according to a doctor's instructions or according to his or her own advice. These pharmacies also usually offer products related to personal hygiene and cosmetics.
In a town, a man may go to the pharmacy because he injured his arm at his workplace. The apothecary (the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy), after listening to the subject's words and observing his injury, offers him a disinfectant to clean the wound, then applies a bandage to the area and also tells him to take a painkiller to mitigate the pain. pain.
An apothecary is staffed by an apothecary or apothecary.
Historical examples
Certain pharmacies remained in history due to their relevance. In Madrid , the capital of Spain , there was the Botica de la Calle Mayor , which for more than a century provided its service and also served as a center of political and social activities.
In the same way, we cannot overlook another of the most important pharmacies in all of Spain . We are referring to the Royal Pharmacy of Madrid . It has its origins in one that was ordered to be built by the monarch Philip II in 1594 in the Old Alcázar , which was devastated by a fire. Hence it later had to be built in the current Royal Palace, being inaugurated under the presence of Charles IV and María Luisa de Parma in 1799 .
The Angel's Apothecary
In the City of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ), on the other hand, there is a place called La Botica del Ángel that functions as a museum and theater.
It was founded in 1966 by Eduardo Bergara Leumann , a well-known plastic artist, costume designer and TV host who has since passed away.
A Spanish TV program
Likewise, it must be taken into account that there was a television program in Spain that in its title carried the term that concerns us now. We are referring to “La botica de la granna” , which aired on TVE 1 during 1996 and which had the Navarrese naturopath Txumari Alfaro as its presenter.
What the presenter did was teach viewers a series of traditional tricks and remedies to deal with all types of conditions and ailments. These were remedies as an alternative to the use of drugs.