Pill Rolling Demonstration

Good news: the doctor has medicine. The bad news? It's the 1850s.
Pill Rolling Demonstration

Trust me, I'm a doctor

Watch Dr. Wakefield roll pills by hand — cutting-edge science of the 1850s. Don’t miss this glimpse into life-saving breakthroughs from the gold rush era. The remedies were serious. Some of the ingredients were, well, slightly more adventurous.

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