He often spent long hours there alone, labelling, decanting, and doing up again; and he looked upon it not as a simple store, but as a veritable sanctuary, whence there afterwards issued, elaborated by his hands, all sorts of pills, boluses, infusions, lotions, and potions, that would bear far and wide his celebrity.
Souvent il y passait seul de longues heures à étiqueter, à transvaser, à reficeler; et il le considérait non comme un simple magasin, mais comme un véritable sanctuaire, d’où s’échappaient ensuite, élaborées par ses mains, toutes sortes de pilules, bols, tisanes, lotions et potions, qui allaient répandre aux alentours sa célébrité.