American journal of pharmacy . the fact thatmany of the leading physicians and business men, sympathizingwith the misfortune that had come to Charles Marshall, a man wellknown and greatly admired for his probity and ability, were liberalin their patronage. It was little wonder then that the business grewrapidly, and that the store had to be repeatedly enlarged to meetthe constantly-increasing demands tor space. Am. Jour. 190-1. J Elizabeth Marshall. 275 The number of apprentices gradually increased until as many astwelve were employed at one time. Among these early appren-tices we
American journal of pharmacy . the fact thatmany of the leading physicians and business men, sympathizingwith the misfortune that had come to Charles Marshall, a man wellknown and greatly admired for his probity and ability, were liberalin their patronage. It was little wonder then that the business grewrapidly, and that the store had to be repeatedly enlarged to meetthe constantly-increasing demands tor space. Am. Jour. 190-1. J Elizabeth Marshall. 275 The number of apprentices gradually increased until as many astwelve were employed at one time. Among these early appren-tices were some of the most prominent pharmacists of Philadelphia,and it may well be said that all of them, in later years, were gratefulindeed for the practical training they received from this skilled andhighly efficient woman pharmacist. In the matter of practical contributions this store was also one ofthe first to appreciate the necessity of and to provide distinctlyAmerican preparations. Many of the preparations now extensively. lS/^T^ tch^try/Ciiii^/Kiu^—y From a Paiutiug in Possessiou of Charles Marshall, Gertnantowu. used originated in this store, and were first made popular as thefavorite prescriptions of one or the other of the Philadelphia prac-titioners of that time. Among the more widely known of thesepreparations, we may mention brown mixture, the mistura glycyr-rhizae composita of the United States Pharmacopoeia. This prepa-ration is said to have originated in this store about 1814, as thefavorite prescription of Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, a well-knownAmerican botanist and teacher of materia medica, and the sue- 276 Elizabeth Marshall. {^juneim° cesser of Dr. Benjamin Rush as professor of the practice of medi-cine in the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. That Elizabeth Marshall was a good business woman is evidentfrom the fact that the shop over which she presided not alone sup-plied a suitable living for herself, her father and other members ofher fa
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