[The "apothecaries of pest" in Nancy during the XVII(th) and XVIII(th) centuries]

In order to fight pest and to help sick and poor people, the city of Nancy determined at the beginning of the XVII(th) century the formation of a medical organization with physicians, surgeons and apothecaries. They are called as << apothecaries of pest >>, as in other towns, or << apothecaries of the mansion-house >>. The first of them was Graillot, or Grillot, who worked from 1630 forth, as a surgeon. Then, one of our fellows exercised this activity until the end of the XVIII(th) century, although such epidemies had disappeared. The << inheritance >> came in a manner in 1764, when the apothecaries agreed to participate in the << medicine of poors >> worked up by the Royal College of medicine created in 1752.