Cabinets such as this one could be found sitting on countertops at many druggist’s and pharmacies in the early 20th century. Customers could look at the list of ailments listed on the cabinet, tell the pharmacist exactly what was wrong with them, and receive the homeopathic medicine they needed. The cabinet had numbered drawers in each interior cubby hole that would hold the medicine to treat each complaint.

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