Thomas McLeod

THOMAS McLEOD, Shipping Druggist, 146, Broomielaw, Glasgow.

    Among the leading representatives of the drug trade of Glasgow, especially that department which concerns itself with the shipping supply of the port, there is no house holding a higher rank or better meriting the splendid patronage enjoyed than the establishment controlled by Mr. Thomas McLeod, in the handsome and commodious premises which he occupies in the Broomielaw and immediately under the Sailors’ Home. The building, which is of a very substantial character, constitutes one of the handsomest edifices in the neighbourhood, and possesses, moreover, the incalculable advantage of being in close proximity to the wharves and centres of the shipping activity. The basement floor of the premises is concreted, and affords admirable accommodation both for packing, unpacking, and general storage purposes.

    Here will be found large stocks of bottles and a most valuable assortment of drugs and chemicals, including patent medicines of the day. The shop is a double-fronted one, and the stock possessed is of the choicest kind, and all medicines sold here are procured at the most reliable sources of supply, and may be depended on for absolute purity and genuineness. Well versed in pharmaceutical chemistry and possessed of every qualification necessary to the accurate compounding of physicians’ prescriptions, the proprietor endeavours to supply customers with their medicines compounded of the very finest ingredients. In fact, inferior components find no place on the shelves of the establishment, and he invariably dispenses prescriptions to the letter.

    The special feature of the business, as we have already indicated, is the catering for the pharmaceutical requirements of sea-going vessels. Medicine chests are fitted up on the shortest notice, special care being, taken in the refilling of the cases, which, by order of the Board of Trade, form an essential part of the ship’s outfit. In a port like Glasgow, from which so many emigrants are constantly leaving, despatch is required, and medicine chests are fitted up and supplied in a wonderfully short time, every requisite being kept in stock.

    Thirty years established by the present proprietor is a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of the goods supplied and the satisfactory manner in which orders are executed. The attention which Mr. T. McLeod bestows on his business secures him a valuable connection ; and politeness, agreeable manners, and extreme courtesy are very notable traits in the personal character of the proprietor of this successful and flourishing establishment.

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