Entitled: "Christ as Apothecary" suggesting the idea of Christ as the universal healer. "Christus as Apothecary" is a symbolic motif of Christian folklore art in German-speaking countries. Christ as apothecary who prepares and dispenses his heavenly medicine all by himself. This motif became widespread in churches and vicarages, in monasteries and their apothecaries as well as in private houses. Colored drawings, 1602. National Germanic Museum Nuremberg.