Local Travel Places

We have passed the sign for "The Country Doctor Museum" for years. We finally

decided to visit it and was very surprised as to how great a museum it is. The location

is Bailey NC. The museum was donated to East Carolina University  in 2003 and is the

oldest museum in the United States dedicated to America's rural health care. The artifacts

cover the time period starting in the late 18th century to the first half of the 20th century.

The museum was started in 1967 by a group who wanted to preserve this part of history.

The museum consist of the Freeman-Brantley building which is two actual Doctors

offices that where relocated to site. It contains many artifacts of the practice of medicine

 including leeches. The Carriage House contains forms of transportation that was used by

the Doctors to make house calls.

A light with a reflector to make light brighter

A human skull

The garden with herbs they used

Entrance to Doctors offices

Buggy for transportation

Crank up car if you cranked to much it would bounce back and break your arm. It was called a Ford Fracture



Again Local treasures are all around us if we take the time to check them out.

Stayed tuned for another great local museum we visited

Until next time
Linda
God Bless