Medicine in the Year 1900

388 S. Grand Mesa Dr,Cedaredge CO 81413

29 July, 2021

Description

Rural "country doctors” with no vaccines, no laboratory tests, and not many effective medicines had a challenging time in 1900. Travel back in time to a place where indoor plumbing was non-existent and homes were heated by burning wood or coal. Work was hard and physical, and accidents happened frequently. There were no vaccines, almost no laboratory tests, and very few effective medicines. This is the Surface Creek Valley in 1900. Join us as Cedaredge pharmasist, John Breitnauer, and interns take us back in time. Cedaredge's first drug store was located on what is now South Grand Mesa Drive, near main street. A second drug store was opened by Thomas Seaton inside the lumberyard in Cedaredge in 1905. Seaton also had a drug store in Delta. In 1906, the Seaton Drug Store got one of the first telephones in Cedaredge. The Seaton Drug Store was sold to John Davis in 1907. In 1908, Davis moved the store to the Byrd & Whitesell building on Main Street, and in 1910 moved across the street to a new building that served as the town's drug store for many many years.