Abstract:
When pioneer Moravian physicians came to the Salem community, they brought the skills they learned in the Old World with them. To this they added the healing qualities of native herbs in their cures. Many of these items, such as dental surgery equipment, brass mortar and pestle, small wooden pill bottles, and apothecary scales, may be viewed at the Moravian Museum, which is located in the old Boys' School in the heart of Old Salem.