[Some steps of the history of Pharmacy in Rouen]

The community of apothecaries was created in Rouen, in 1508, and its statutes were completed in 1588. The Le Chandelier family was a good example of a dynasty of apothecaries. Precise information on the way of life of XVIIth century apothecaries was given by Jacob Congnard's post mortem inventory. This document revealed also the part played by the apothecaries in foreign trade. The contribution to science was represented by Nicolas Lemery and Francois-Antoine-Henri Descroizilles. After the modifications of the rules by the law of Germinal an XI, the Preparatory School of Medicine and Pharmacy was created in 1841, but it became a faculty, only in 1966.