In earlier times, healers and health workers used strangely-named plants for medicinal purposes. Plants with names such as dragon’s blood, mandrake root and devil’s snare could be bought at a drugstore called an apothecary. Today, one of the best preserved apothecaries in the United States has been turned into a museum in Alexandria, Virginia. The museum provides interesting examples of medicines used before the development of modern drugs. The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary served customers for more than 140 years, from 1792 to 1933. When the business failed, the store and its contents were bought. It was redesigned to look as it had in the 18th century. In 1939, it reopened as a museum. Lauren Gleason supervises the museum. “A lot of the medicines that people would have been purchasing here were probably for minor ailments, rashes, skin conditions, the flu, a headache.” The apothecary has many thousands of objects. Some seem strange now, like the bloodletting tools. They were used to take blood from patients in hopes of removing their sickness as well. The treatment was often harmful, however, and ended in the late 19th century.
Title: Old Medicines Preserved in US Apothecary Museum
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data-start-time='21896' data-end-time='34146'>Today, one of the best preserved apothecaries in the United States has been turned into a museum in Alexandria, Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='34146' data-end-time='43813'>The museum provides interesting examples of medicines used before the development of modern drugs.</span> <span data-start-time='43813' data-end-time='55417'>The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary served customers for more than 140 years, from 1792 to 1933.</span> <span data-start-time='55417' data-end-time='62229'>When the business failed, the store and its contents were bought.</span> <span data-start-time='62229' data-end-time='68188'>It was redesigned to look as it had in the 18th century.</span> <span data-start-time='68188' data-end-time='74000'>In 1939, it reopened as a museum.</span> <span data-start-time='74000' data-end-time='78771'>Lauren Gleason supervises the museum.</span> <span data-start-time='78771' data-end-time='88604'>“A lot of the medicines that people would have been purchasing here were probably for minor ailments, rashes, skin conditions, the flu, a headache.”</span> <span data-start-time='88604' data-end-time='93208'>The apothecary has many thousands of objects.</span> <span data-start-time='93208' data-end-time='98708'>Some seem strange now, like the bloodletting tools.</span> <span data-start-time='98708' data-end-time='106583'>They were used to take blood from patients in hopes of removing their sickness as well.</span> <span data-start-time='106583' data-end-time='114979'>The treatment was often harmful, however, and ended in the late 19th century.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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