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Tuesday Trades: Live with the Apothecary


  • The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA USA (map)

In an age before antibiotics and other luxuries of modern medicine, minor personal ailments and widespread outbreaks alike posed a threat to life for individuals and entire communities. You are invited to take this trip to another time and talk to an historic apothecary about 18th-century health issues. Many of their concerns are still relevant today, as are many of the treatments.