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Leech Jar
Miranda Socha
Catalog Number: 2017.fic.234
In the long history of medicine, there are many things that make us cringe. Examples include scary dentist tools, electroshock machines and leeches used to treat a variety of ailments.
This week’s artifact, a white ceramic leech jar, dates to about 1850. It was donated by the A. Bellerue Drug Store of La Crosse, which opened in 1880 and closed sometime in the early 20th century.
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