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Thomsoman, Hydropathic, and Others With the passage of years, offbeat medical establish ments popped up. On April 16,1850, a Dr. Davis announced the opening of his Thomsonian Hospital and Botanic Medi cine Store, located on K Street between 2nd and 3rd, and offered to supply physicians for the mines. His rates ran from $5 to $25 per day. The Thomsonians of that era believed in "natural remedies, not chemical.” The advertisement stated
Pacific Water Cure Establishment, 1860s and 1870s, from History of Sacramento County by Thompson and West, republished by Howell-North, Berkeley, in 1960. Drawing by John Howell.
