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Directions to your 10th story point. Continue walking north to 133 High Street, Lalor' s Prescription Depot or Pharmacy. Pause the video and play for your next story point. Before modern pharmaceuticals, apothecaries made medicine for physicians, surgeons, and patients. They meticulously mixed herbs and minerals, adding a dash of animal fat here and a bit of earwax there to make potions, salves, and balms. Stores were lined with rows of jars containing ingredients and mixtures to soothe or cure human ailments. Lalor's Pharmacy, which dates from 1854, is reputedly the oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Victoria. It still has old-style shelving, which once held bottles and potions.