American journal of pharmacy . cal Society. Some of the details of the business conducted by ChristopherMarshall and his lineal descendants may not be out of place here,despite the fact that much has been but recently told by Mr. Ellisin the paper referred to above. 272 Elizabeth Marshall. {*juneiSo4 Christopher Marshall in the early decades of the eighteenth cen-tury was one of the very few druggists in Philadelphia. His shopis described by the annalist of the time as being In a two-storiedbuilding with a projecting roof, from which was suspended a largegilded ball. This sign was characterist
American journal of pharmacy . cal Society. Some of the details of the business conducted by ChristopherMarshall and his lineal descendants may not be out of place here,despite the fact that much has been but recently told by Mr. Ellisin the paper referred to above. 272 Elizabeth Marshall. {*juneiSo4 Christopher Marshall in the early decades of the eighteenth cen-tury was one of the very few druggists in Philadelphia. His shopis described by the annalist of the time as being In a two-storiedbuilding with a projecting roof, from which was suspended a largegilded ball. This sign was characteristic of this early shop, whichwas usually referred to as being at the sign of the golden this modest shop, at 46 Chestnut Street, near Second, Christo-pher Marshall kept on hand such medicinal preparations as wereused by the medical men of those days, in their practice, and alsosold such household remedies, herbs, spices and tea, as were thoughtnecessary to supply the modest wants of the pioneer residents Charles First President of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from a Water-Color in Possession of Charles Marshall, Germantown. Having amassed what was, at that time, considered to be a liberalcompetence, Christopher Marshall retired from active business in1771, and was succeeded by his three sons, Benjamin, Christopher,Jr., and Charles Marshall. The business was conducted at 46 Chest-nut Street by Benjamin Marshall & Brothers until the death of theelder brother, Benjamin, in 1778, when the business was continuedby Christopher, Jr., and Charles Marshall. It is probable that this store was one of the first in which phy-sicians prescriptions were compounded ; exactly when this innova- ^june^im ??} Elizabeth Marshall. 273 tion was introduced does not appear, and there is no positive evidencethat such is the case. From the fact, however, that Dr. AbrahamChovet, one of the first physicians in this country to write prescrip-tions, was an intima
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