they went to an apothecary. they would tell them what was wrong, and they would mix up something to help cure what ails them. in the 18th century, doctors were trained generally by university. they would go through a formal set of courses to learn their practice and trade. they would often go and not have their own practice the way we think of that today where we go to a doctor's office. they would go to your house. because they are performing home visits, things were a little more expensive. if you were an average citizen in alexandria, virginia in the 18th century, you would often solve your ailments by going to an apothecary. you would explain your symptoms. an apothecary had anywhere from four to seven years of apprentice training. in a formal setting where they would read reference books but learning about herbs and roots and things like that, that they would be able to take the properties that each of these had mix them up, and prescribed , to patients. stabler's time in the late 18th century, after you se

an apothecary was where people went to essentially see the dr.eople did not see a doctor. .hey went to an apothecary they would tell them what was wrong and they would mix -- mix up something to cure what ails them. in the 18th century, doctors were trained generally by university. they would go through a formal set of courses to learn their practice and trade. and not haveten go their own practice the way we think of that today where we go to doctor's office, they would go to your house. because they are performing home visits, things were a little more expensive. citizen,e an average you would solve your ailments by going to an apothecary. had anywhere from 4-70 years of apprentice training. setting where they would read reference books but also herbs and roots and things like that, that they would be able to take the properties, mix them up, and prescribed to patients. after late 18th century, you served your apprenticeship and opened your own apothecary business, you would keep up with emergent trends in medicine and also the drug business by