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Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
Address
1020 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Hwy Exit #
130
Description
This 18th-century building restored as the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop presents a vivid living history interpretation of colonial medical practices. Visitors can hear about the popular treatment of the day for a lady’s hysteria or a medicine so potent that it would, according to one wealthy plantation owner, “cheer a man with a bad wife.”
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