Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Home Remedies and Recipes [Hardcover]

Jane Eastoe (Author), Ruth Goodman (Foreword)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Pavilion (Aug 12 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1862058903
ISBN-13: 978-1862058903
Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 17.6 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 780 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #119,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #49 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Alternative Medicine > Homeopathy
- #54 in Books > History > Europe > England > 19th Century

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Product Description

Providing hints, tips, recipes, and historical background, this book explains how many traditional remedies are still in use and how to make them at home

Here is the story of consumer medicine—how drugstore healthcare emerged in just 50 years and how consumers still rely on hundreds of formulations and products that can trace their origins back to the 19th century. Sun cream; treatments for insomnia, dandruff, or warts; perfumes; and soaps are all as important today as they were 100 years ago and are stocked by the local pharmacist. This book takes a look at which products were on offer, whether they were effective, and how they are used today, showing that while the names of products on the pharmacy shelf have changed over time, consumers' hopes and aspirations remain much the same as their Victorian predecessors. This is also the story of the growth of the drugstore, and how families have come to rely upon them as dispensaries of healthcare.

About the Author

Jane Eastoe is a journalist, author, garden designer, and horticulturalist. Her books include Fabulous Frocks and Wild Food, and she is the chief contributor to the National Trust Book of the Countryside. Ruth Goodman is a domestic history consultant to museums and film and television productions. She appeared on the BBC's The Victorian Farm and in the upcoming Victorian Pharmacy, she will run a fully-functioning pharmacy in a recreated Victorian town.