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What do a fleam, clyster syringe, pill box and wooden stethoscope have in common? They are all instruments used by doctors in earlier times. In 2019, you can acquaint yourself with the Texel doctors and .. link

The Texel House of Antiquities is a small museum in the center of Den Burg. .. link

The House of Antiquities gives access to the smallest public herb garden in the Netherlands. .. link

Freezers didn’t exist and canning only became popular around 1890. Till then, meat and vegetables were salted in earthen pots. They stand shoulder to shoulder in the cellar of the ‘Oudheidkamer’. The cellar, the coolest .. link

In the living room, you find an authentic, seventeenth century ‘bedstede’ (box bed). One slept half sitting up, because it was believed that this was essential for a healthy...