1947 *EARLY APOTHECARY SHOP* (AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC.) ATLANTIC CITY POSTCARD!

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JUNE 9-13, 1947 ***SCARCE*** ~100TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION~ (AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION) ... UNUSED POSTCARD WITH IMAGE OF: EARLY APOTHECARY SHOP, EXHIBITED BY SMITH, LINE AND FRENCH LABORATORIES, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ... 3 CENT SCOTT# 949 "THE DOCTOR" COMMEMORATIVE STAMP!
Interesting early druggist's shop subject matter!
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Apothecary Shop
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Interior of the Apothecary Shop, located adjacent to the General Store at the Shelburne Museum.
History
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In 1959 the Shelburne Museum constructed the Apothecary Shop as an addition to the General Store. Inside, the display shelves, pill press, and other professional tools create the appearance of an operating druggist's shop between 1870 and 1900. The glass vessels displayed in the front windows are symbols of the apothecary trade: the red fluid represents
arterial
blood while the blue represents
venous blood
.
Prior to the
Civil War
, druggists gathered and dried
herbs
, primed them for medicinal use through the process of grinding or
distillation
, then combined the prepared herbs with sugar, lard, alcohol and other substances to create tablets, ointments, and elixirs. While these practices continued into the late nineteenth century, druggists gradually responded to an ever-greater demand for patent medicines as customers began to prefer brightly labeled cure-alls to herbal remedies. Passage of the
Pure Food and Drug Act
in 1906 marked the beginning of the modern drugstore and the end of the apothecary shop.
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