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Apothecary Elleana Paravalos Mrs.Wilson January 8, 2013
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Provided medical treatment Prescribed medicine Preformed surgery Practiced as a doctor Made house calls Some trained as surgeons & man-midwives
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Weights & scales Mortar & pestles Tongue scrapers Tooth extractors Adhesive bandages Stretch gauze Sterilized equipment Stitching needles
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Chalk for heartburn Calamine for skin irritations Chinchona bark for fevers Chinchona bark was later discovered to be a treatment for the disease Malaria Apothecaries also sold other home items for profit: Cooking spices Candles Salad oil Anchovies Toothpaste Tobacco
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They provided surgical, midwifery, dental, and general medical services. Leeches were usually used on patients in colonial times. Doctors & Apothecaries are much alike, but very different. Most did the trade & some owned apothecary shops, or a “drug store.”
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