1724-1858: the RCP appointed itself inspector of apothecaries. The registers give a curt verdict on each shop ranging from ‘good’ to ‘tolerable’ or even ‘execrable’. Mr Horne stood up to the physicians to ‘question and resist their authority’ – an early advocate for #EmpoweringPharmacists #WPD2026
@rcpmuseum.bsky.social![Inspection report for Horne's chemist shop on Southampton Row. "This man was very much disposed to question & resist the authority of the College & he is particularly recommended to future Censors to revisit, examine, & [illegible]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:uq22na5icapxhazlawihjk54/bafkreid2vnhreftzfr5tflzv52xqnlbkihvl4apaujdhjvenb3xo7tykg4@jpeg)
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