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The Colonial Apothecary
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What is an apothecary?
“Colonial apothecaries prescribed pharmaceutical and natural remedies for illness, aided in childbirth and performed minor surgeries, including tooth extractions.”
The Colonial Apothecary
http://www.ehow.com/info_8173999_tools-apothecaries-wear-colonial-times.html#ixzz31Xkm7S37
By Connor Loomis
Where did an apothecary work?
Apothecaries worked in shops and personal homes. In Apothecary shops they also sold “cooking spices, candles, salad oil, anchovies, toothbrushes, and tobacco, making them true precursors of today's drugstores.”
What is an apothecary?
What is one thing that would make this work appealing or interesting?
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm
What would make being an apothecary interesting is that I would like to make new potions and cures for illnesses.
“A colonial apothecary practiced as a doctor. Records kept by 18th-century Williamsburg's apothecaries show that they made house calls to treat patients, made and prescribed medicines, and trained apprentices. Some apothecaries were also trained as surgeons and man-midwives.”
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm
Tools of the trade
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Dental Instruments: like the “goat’s foot” which was used to lift the tooth from the bone.
Medical Manuals and Textbooks: they used these for guidance and reference on how to make potions or how to treat a disease.
Surgical Instruments: like the lancet, which was a small knife that was used to cut abscesses or draw blood.
Mortar and Pestle: Apothecaries used these to grind herbs and plants to make medicines and treatments. This symbol is still used in many pharmacies today.
What skills or training would an apothecary need to do their work?
Apothecaries learned the skills of their trade by training as an apprentice in hospitals, by reading medical books, and by going to lectures.
To do the job you need to have the right tools. Apothecaries need many types of tools to perform many different types of operations and services.
Bibliography:
http://www.ehow.com/info_8173999_tools-apothecaries-wear-colonial-times.html#ixzz31Xkm7S37
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradeapo.cfm
http://colonialwilliamsburg.photoshelter.com/image/I00003.JdcVrWi3o
https://www.google.com/search?q=Apothacary+goats+foot&client=firefox-a&hs=cl3&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=y-
http://ancientpoint.com/inf/34071-antique_vfloan_mdcl_brass_apothecary_mortar__pestle_eagle_handles.html
http://antiquescientifica.com/archive52.htm