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Carter-Coile Country Doctors Museum

Athens, Georgia

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience. 

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The Doctor was likely on his own so everything had to be within easy reach. kapprice (Atlas Obscura User)
The Doctor was likely on his own so everything had to be within easy reach. kapprice (Atlas Obscura User)
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This small museum is located inside the original building of the town doctor from Winterville, Georgia. Opened as a museum in 1972, it offers visitors a chance to see how far we’ve come with medicine and to honor those who had to handle everything in a day. There’s a day in the life example where the local doctor might have taken care of someone’s tooth, then delivered a baby, and then amputated a limb—all in a day’s work.

Outside, a small botanical garden offers insights into how doctors and chemists made medications when they couldn’t make a quick trip to the local pharmacy.

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