Food Stands in Williamsburg, VA

“This place is fantastic for anyone interested in sciency-medical stuff! The lady presenting while we were here really knew her stuff about the history behind apothecaries during the 18th century and onward before the advent of modern medicine. I asked questions about how colonists/early Americans managed healthcare and complications during the time before anticoagulants/anesthetics/antibiotics/vaccines, and she gave very intellectually stimulating responses about how basically they were left to their fate with life-threatening infections if it was in a central part of their body’s function. Or if they had a critical limb infection that wasn’t salvageable, they would just amputate it WITHOUT anesthetics and just opium for pain control. Sounds like tortuous nightmare fuel to me, which is why it’s interesting! The tools that she had on display and for demonstration were very terrifying, quite indicative of how surgery worked before modern medicine. The fact that they also have a formulary that they use to make the medicines they still keep on site is fascinating to me, never seen half the stuff they keep on their shelves. Would love to come back on a future trip!“