Name: The Medical World of Dr. Francis Wicks of Falmouth
Start: 2023-03-30T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Falmouth Historical Society

The Medical World of Dr. Francis Wicks of Falmouth

The Falmouth Museums on the Green, owned and operated by the Falmouth Historical Society, is a two-acre campus that has been serving the residents and visitors of Falmouth since 1900. One of the most popular sites in Falmouth for visitors, it contains the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House—a magnificent Federalist-period residence with guided tours demonstrating what life was like for an affluent physician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the recently-restored 1730 Conant House—used for exhibits, research and genealogy studies; the Hallett Barn Visitors’ Center—rebuilt in 2002 on the site of an original barn and used a welcoming point for those coming to Falmouth as well as the “Whaling Wives Gift Shop”; the Colonial Gardens—showing off plantings, such as a boxwood tree, that go back to the days prior to the American Revolution; Memorial Park—a tranquil place of refuge that is open to all visitors looking for relaxation; and the recently-opened (2012) Cultural Center—a superb, 3600 square foot structure used for public and private programs and events, public restrooms, kitchen facilities, and as a repository for archival collections to preserve Falmouth’s past. It also has a series of rotating historical exhibits throughout the campus.

Falmouth Museums on the Green

In honor of National Doctor’s Day, this talk offers an introduction to medical ideas and practices in late 18th & early19th century MA.

Falmouth Historical Society

In honor of National Doctor’s Day, this talk offers an introduction to medical ideas and practices in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Massachusetts, both among physicians like Francis Wicks, who lived and worked in Falmouth, as well as midwives, bonesetters, surgeons, and non-credentialed practitioners who made medicines at home. The Society owns the house where Wicks lived.The talk will be given by Dr. Olivia Weisser is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has a Ph.D. in the History of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University and her research specialty is the history of health, healing, bodies, and disease. Her first book, Ill Composed (Yale University Press) is about patients’ perceptions of sickness in the 17th and 18th centuries. This book will be for sale from Eight Cousins Bookstore during the event and she will be able to sign copies. She is currently an NEH fellow and finishing up a new book on the history of venereal disease.$20 Non-Members/ $10 Members. Includes appetizers and refreshments. Limited capacity. This event will be held at the Cultural Center at the Falmouth Museums on the Green.

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