i was gonna say ohhh no ohhhh no. the calming instructor...ive been on a whole day tour in venice with an instructor with a calming voice. it was so nice
that woman had such a calming voice, which i suppose helped offset the gruesome topics she was discussing! great place, always fascinated by old medical practices
So...who’s job is it to feed the museum leeches? And those poison coffin pills, I’d love to get ahold of that mold! They’d make some sweet earrings! Fascinating museum. Thanks for showing us!
The leeches may rely on generous donations from the museums visitors. I wouldn't mind donating a little bit myself to experience the feeling. Leach therapy and treatment is on the rise again.
I knew a doctor that worked before the NHS started in the UK. He had a bicycle to get to his patients and was often paid with eggs or a couple of locally caught rabbits, anything the community could afford to give. The better off ones joined medical clubs, paying a fixed amount each month which was invested in order that the members could have access to the doctor.
You know leeches are back in style again. Some surgeons use them and are great for wounds to bring blood flow up the the healing wounds and eating the nasty areas of the wounds so they can heal. 😁. Sorry I’m a nurse and I like this stuff.
Hi Jacob, that was a very interesting museum and the lady was very knowledgeable. So many weird and wonderful things were used in history to cure people or make their lives more comfortable. An awesome video, thank you. x
While I sat watching this video, I listened to this woman, fell in love, married, spent the rest of my years rocking on the front porch watching the sunset, and listening to her soft, lilting voice, and died an old, happy man surrounded by a loving family. You should have been there... I don't get out much.
The small figurine at 2:18 is Mecki, the hedgehog. He was a mascot of German Television program magazine "Hörzu" ("Listen"). Quite popular during the 50s and 60s. I had two children's books about the adventures of Mecki and friends. Interesting, how this Mecki ended up in the Country Doctor Museum. :)
My grandpa was a doctor, not exactly country, but not city. He was often paid in fresh vegetables and jars of preserves, etc. My mom's favorite is when he was paid in fresh sugarcane!
The Iron Lung reminded me of the one guy that had to ask online for someone to help fix his, as it was the only thing keeping him alive a year or so back. Great museum nevertheless, would love to visit it myself some day when I can get to the US. Just hope they keep the leeches away from me, they creep me out.
That was a very interesting museum. I remember when I was very little my Mom being scared of us catching polio and talking about an iron lung.Keep Sage ❤Keep Well❤
Very cool! I graduated from nursing school in '92 and had a ceremonial hat that we never wore except in our Nightengale dedication ceremony. But the teachers all got together and starched and ironed and folded them identically so we would always have a hat folded the Loma Linda way to keep! We did, however, wear dresses all through school. Glad that went away too! xoxo
Would love to go and see this museum myself! What an interesting place. So much to see there and learn about. These are the type of museums that really spike my interest!!!!! Thanks for another great video Jacob!!!!
Oh, and my mom was delivered by a country doctor on a farm in MT. Everyone had little pieces of their face missing as this doctor liked delivering everyone with salad spoons whether they needed it or not. My mom's side of her nose got messed up, and she had to have surgery and a tear duct rebuilt when she was a teenager. Her cousin is missing a little part of her ear. Lovely.
You uploaded this on my lunch break & I wanted to watch is sooo bad but I just had to wait til I got home! Country doctors/medicines just interest me. That lady sounds like Michelle Duggar.. her voice is very pleasant.
My grandmother was a midwife before we had a Doctor in my area.. she would deliver babies for chickens or pigs or money. Then when I was growing up we got a Doctor that owned a motel , he had one room as his living quarters and his office, he would give you medicine in a used PCH envelope and write the directions on the back lol
What a cool museum. It was set up really nice. The ladies voice kind of gave me anxiety, because she has that nice sweet hushed tone of someone who works at a funeral home.
There was a famous rural doctor, Hendrik Wiegersma, in the area where I live. Didn't know him myself, but my grandparents did. It was a poor, marshy area with little villages scattered all over the place. He use to ride the country at dark stormy nights on his big black horse for emergency calls. Later he was one of the first in the area to possess a car to cover the distances. He was clairvoyant, meaning he could see peoples future. Lots of stories, some books and a movie made after him. There is a museum about him (www.dewieger.nl/), but quite different from the beautiful museum you toured for us today. Thank you for taking us along on your trips to all those interesting little places!
What a beautiful little house that is. And a great little museum. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge to be learned from reading old medical books, which I do. You actually see the progression of techniques through time. I have them from the 1800s on up. Manteo, NC is my favorite place anywhere & there are great shops & antiques there too.
Went last week, I've been at least three times now and I always see something I didn't the last time, I remember going the week after I saw this video come out for the first time even though I've lived a town just a few minutes away, only thing is now they close on Saturdays but if you wanna come see this place it is very worth the time!!!
I've been to Bailey, NC many times, it's a great town. Its reminds me of Mayberry from the Andy Griffin show. Thanks for filming this! My dad has been to this museum. Next time I'm in NC I will definitely check this museum out
I am 1 year late and I was about to write the exact same thing as the comment below mine.I need that woman to come to my house and read me books.Her voice is so soothing.
Hey wow my grandma had that same little porcupine figurine guy except hers was dressed in like over all's? With a patch on the knee and he has a little beer stein with foam on top. That's so crazy, they must have been a series. I've never seen another one.
I have been there many times. Unfortunately, I am not versed enough in medicine to really appreciate what the significance is of everything that is there.
Lol! The lady talking in the video sounds like that woman from the movie "Airplane"! Or the teacher from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"! Great vlog Jacob!
I had leeches on me once years ago when I was a wilderness counselor at s fancy girls camp I Wisconsin and we had been camping near. The Canadian border .George Washington's doctors used Them on him frrquently. I got mine off as soon as possible!
Very informative. And, wow, medicine has come a very long way, thank God. Glad I live now and not back then. Love anything old and from eras gone by, but the medical part of those days...yea, thanks, I'll stick to today lol. Great vlog
I missed this one . This was very interesting....!! I would love to visit this place in person someday . I was think that country doctors got paid with chickens or eggs like off the t.v. show little house on the prairie. I would like to hear more stories about your step father being a country doctor Jacob . That would be a great vlog too . Thanks for sharing !!
I’d love to see you go to the Pioneer Museum in Troy Alabama. www.pioneer-museum.org We lived in Troy when I was younger and would go because my dad loved it. Interested to see how it is now.
Great video !!!!! The women had such a càlm, comforting and sweet voice. She could tell me i have only 4 hours to live, and i wouldnt bat a eyè !!!!! Seriously though, it was very informative to say the least. I know of a doc that had gotten chickens and baked goods for payment !!!!! YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT!!!!!!
Wow I live in Middlesex in the next town over and work in Bailey wish I could've met the carpetbagger, I love the museum there's not much else in Bailey to see though lol
Iets not a porcupine. It's a hedgehog, they there very famous in Germany and maybe other places in Germany they there called "Mecki" my mum always wanted on so badly, but they there so expensive. You could have them in all diverent costumes, mostly gardeners!
