Dr. Beattie's Drug Store

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Located at Westfield Heritage Village- MRO This building combines the examining room of Dr. Beattie and a drug store (or Apothecary), originally located in the village of Kilbride, in the Regional Municipality of Halton. The many items on the shelves, gifts of the White Drug store in Aylmer, Hyde's Drugstore in Woodstock and Scott's Drugstore in Norwich, were used in the practice of medicine in the 1890s. These items include a saw, a capsule-making device and a suppository-maker. The stained glass window, showing a mortar and pestle, was made for the first drug store in St. George in Brant County. Doctors were rare in the rural areas of Ontario. Farm families would have to be self-reliant in times of illness. Home remedies, many using native plants and taught by native peoples, were passed down from generation to generation. Even in towns, medicinal herbs were part of every home garden. #1880s #beatie #docter #drug #Hamilton #heritage #historic #Rockton #store #village #westfield