[Exercise of the apothecary by the chemists' widows from the XVth to the XVIIIth century].

The widows had to live in chast and honest way, otherwise they would close their shop. If they remarried, they had no more their privilege of keeping their shop, except in various conditions which were defined in the statutes of the local apothecaries corporations. In many cases, the corporations of apothecaries were obliged to act against the widows who did not respect their statutes. In many cases, there were proceedings. But the financial situations of the widows were often difficult, and they were sometimes helped by the apothecaries communities.