Unique museum focuses on urology

Worried about aging? Try some mummy dust.

Someone trying to poison you? Some unicorn horn shavings should do the trick.

Haven't heard of these cures?

Well, a unique exhibit at an equally unique museum sheds some light on subjects such as these.

"Remedies and Recipes," which focuses on the history of pharmaceuticals and the pharmacy, opened last month at the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History in Linthicum and runs until the end of year.

The wide-ranging exhibit discusses medicinal cures through the ages and from various cultures, with examples of early drugs and ways of dispensing...