Druggist Dr.George Washington Aimar

This is prescription writing from
Dr.Aimar I found from
an Ebay listing in 2013.

Have you ever wondered what medicine was like during the Civil War? Find out more information by reading about Druggist Dr. George Washington Aimar!

This is an advertisement for an injection for
Gonorrhcha that was most likely posted in news
papers and around town. 

Dr. George Washington Aimar was born October 4,1827 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a chemist and a druggist, Dr. Aimar opened a pharmacy in 1852 during the Civil War the pharmacy was located in Charleston, South Carolina. The pharmacy served as a dispensary for the Confederate States of America, and the top three floors were converted to a hospital. 

Many of the medicine and remedies
 were stored in old glass bottles
such as thing one also found
on Ebay for sale.

Not only did the pharmacy serve as dispensary for the Confederate States of American it also served as the town pharmacy. It was very old fashioned and held not only medicine but also well known remedies such as "Dragon's Blood' which was used to treat diarrhea and other digestive tract issues. Another reminder that Dr. Aimar's drug store had was "Brimstone" which was used to ward off evil and the dead. The remedies also supplied as holiday spices for cooking, special toothpaste, sewing thread, and their own "Aimar's Premium Cologne Water."

This is Dr. Amair pedestal grave marker
with a huge cross which is
 located at St. Mary's Catholic
cemetery. This photo is located on Findagrave.

Dr. George Washington Amair actually served with the Lafayette Artillery, in the Civil War and received an honorable discharge so he could return to his business as a chemist in Charleston. Dr. Aimar passed away on July 19, 1877 at the age of 49. He is buried to rest in St. Mary's Catholic Church graveyard. Which is located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. After he passed away his brother Charles decided to take over the pharmacy until 1903 and that is when Charles handed it down the family line to his son Arthur P. Aimar it remained open by the son until 1978. 

I chose to write this blog about Dr. George Washington Amair, because while looking up people who are buried in this graveyard, his name stuck out to me. I always have been interested in the history of medicine, and I thought it would be super neat to do research about a well known doctor and pharmacy back during the Civil War in the same city
in which I am studying in!

This is the writing on the stone this picture was taken
by itfelldown.

Although I was not able to find a picture of Dr. Amair himself, with the help of my professor I found this image on a blog about the Amair pharmacy, dated in 1916.