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Tales from Te Papa episode 108: Patients of a Saint?

’Wanena’ medicinal preparation
’Wanena’ medicinal preparation, circa 1895, North Island. Mother Mary Aubert. Gift of The Sisters of Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, 1990. Te Papa
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Over 100 years ago, people didn't have easy access to doctors. If they were sick, they often had to rely on 'remedies' that may not have had any real medical value. Not all of the 'cures' on sale were fake, though.

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