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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Medical exhibit at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is going on this week, and in the Wales section is a small exhibit on the history of medicine.

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Wales turns out to be a major source for medicinal leeches, sold by Biopharma.

There is also a small display of historical pharmaceuticals.

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Pill rollers aren't all that uncommon even now, but that's a nice ledger and some good ephemera in the labels.

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The largest section was a medical garden.

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The exhibit is up through July 5th

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