Title: Doctor's box

Identifier: Historic Hope Plantation   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13994)

Description: Doctors in rural areas like Bertie County traveled widely to care for patients. These doctors rarely went to a medical college in the 1800s. Instead, they trained as apprentices with more experienced physicians. Doctor's fees were expensive too. Most people didn't call for a doctor unless a case was critical, during childbirth for example. Instead, they frequently relied on their own books and medicines, as well as folk remedies, when family members or enslaved persons were sick. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes its use.