Because of their inherited wealth, Frank and Fanny Hall did not have to
earn a living as we know it today. They devoted their lives to
community service. Fanny studied with a local doctor and taught
herself nursing and medicine. An official license to practice
medicine was not required in her time. She tended to the poor and
elderly who could not afford a regular doctor. On display in
the museum is a cabinet filled with medicines and her equipment:
Her doctor's bag for home visits; inhalers; devices for electrical
stimulation; a set of weight scales; chemicals and medicines.
Fanny also patented a skin ointment called Fanoline which she and Frank
produced in a workshop in the house and sold to stores from Maine to
Ohio.