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Antebellum homes and plantations

Mendenhall Plantation

Medical Desk at Mendenhall Plantation

Medical supplies on a desk at the Mendenhall plantation. Medical doctors in the antebellum period often mixed their own medications for their patients. The images above the desk show human anatomy.

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