While oils and vinegars were used in cooking in the past, they were also serious medicine to the early English settlers. From dissolving humors to relieving headaches to massaging cramped muscles and sinews, a large variety of plant-infused oils and vinegars were employed to treat the sick.

Join Dan Marshall as he demonstrates the tools and techniques of turning simple kitchen ingredients into medicine in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dan will explore both European and American colonial sources that shed light on how this knowledge crossed the Atlantic and how it was put into practice here.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dan Marshall has shared his love of history with the public for 25 years. He is currently a Salem Historical Society Board Member and the Director of Education and Interpretation with the Lexington Historical Society.