Music and Pharmacy Museum

On Thursday we all went on another tour. This one was probably one of the more memorable tours because with each important location, our tour guide played an authentic New Orleans song. The music he played reminded me of jazz and the blues. I could here a lot of brass instruments, drums, and some songs had piano. An example that I could best compare to this type of music is When the Saints Come Marching in, which is a traditional New Orleans song anyway.

When our tour guide, Milton, would play the songs I would sway back and forth and nod my head to the beat. I couldn't resist! The music was really fun and upbeat. One of the most famous music artists from New Orleans is Louis Armstrong. We visited his statue in Treme and while we were there, listened to one of his songs.

After the music tour, we went on a pharmacy tour. At first, I was not really interested in it. Mainly because I just didn't know what to expect. However, I discovered this room filled with historical obstetrical equipment and I immediately became extremely interested. Since obstetrics is the field I wish to practice in, I found all of this equipment fascinating! What I found most interesting was the tools they used to use. After reading about each ancient tool, I was relieved that things are completely different now! 

Old tools used for obstetrical needs

A common place where women would give birth

After reading and learning about how labor and delivery used to go about in the 18th - 19th century, the pharmacy tour began. I really enjoyed learning about how crazy medicine was practiced back then. In all honesty, I really do not even know how humans still exist today, that is how unsanitary and uneducated their practice methods were back then! For example, our tour guide explained that suphillis was a very common morbidity in the 18th and 19th centuries. So, to treat this deadly infection, Mercury injections were the first line of treatment....how insane is that! Well, I can't be too judge mental because, they were completely clueless!