Love an Artifact
Love an Artifact
- Select a historical pharmacy artifact that interests you
- Retrieve and analyze information about the artifact you have selected.
- Write a reflection on the artifact (why did you select it? what is significant about it? Why is it important? etc.)
- Also submit a picture of the artifact
- Use 12-point, Times New Roman font with 2.0 spacing.
- Minimun 2 pages of reflection.
- At least 3 cited sources
Answer preview
The Leech Jar on Display at a pharmacist’s office (Niagara Apothecary : Artifacts, n.d.).
The subject of this reflection is the Leech Jar. This artifact was a common feature in pharmaceutical practice and was still in use in Europe as recently as the 19th century. Leech jars were containers often made from marble that would be used to store leeches that pharmacists used to treat their patients. The jars were made of hard material so that leeches would not grind their way through the containers…
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