Leave from the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Hear about early Moravian medical practices. Learn how barber-surgeons would conduct blood letting and surgery without anesthesia. Get the recipe for the 1743 Elixer for a Long Life and find out how inoculations were done before vaccines. Explore the Apothecary museum- the oldest continually operating drug store in the U.S.--to find out what other medicines they used between 1743 and 1952.
Dates: Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays at 3 pm
Price: $15 Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members, $9 Children over 6. [Become a Member today and save!]Children 3 and under are free!