Watsons
Personal
Care
Stores
,
____________________
are
known
simply
as
Watsons
,
is
the
largest
health
care
and
beauty
care
chain
store
in
Asia
.
It
is
a
member
of
the
A
.
S
.
Watson
Group
,
____________________
majority
is
owned
by
Hutchison
Whampoa
Limited
.
Watsons
Group
,
____________________
is
located
in13
countries
including
China
,
Taiwan
,
Singapore
,
Thailand
,
Malaysia
,
the
Phillippines
,
Indonesia
,
South
Korea
,
Turkey
,
Estonia
and
three
other
countries
in
Asia
operates
over
700
stores
.
Dr
.
Thomas
Boswell
Watson
,
____________________
lived
between
1815
and
1860
was
the
first
member
of
the
Scottish
Watson
family
to
arrive
in
the
Far
East
,
____________________
he
set
up
a
private
practice
in
Macau
in
1845
.
After
selling
his
practice
to
a
fellow
doctor
,
he
moved
to
Hong
Kong
,
____________________
he
became
part
owner
of
the
Hong
Kong
Dispensary
.
The
Hong
Kong
Dispensary
was
a
branch
of
the
Canton
Dispensary
,
____________________
operated
from
1828
to
1858
.
Soldiers
and
sailors
were
the
main
customers
of
the
dispensary
,
____________________
was
known
as
?
Big
Medicine
Shop
?
.
Although
Alexander
Skirving
Watson
took
over
the
dispensary
in
1858
,
it
had
not
been
known
as
A
.
S
.
Watson
until
1870
.
Dr
.
Thomas
Boswell
Watson
,
____________________
had
sent
his
family
back
to
Scotland
in
1857
,
followed
them
two
years
later
.
Following
the
death
of
Dr
Thomas
Boswell
Watson
in
1860
,
the
Hong
Kong
Dispensary
,
____________________
served
the
firm
for
many
years
,
was
hired
to
A
.
S
.
Watson
and
two
other
doctors
.
From
1862
onwards
,
the
dispensary
was
called
A
.
S
.
Watson
.
