Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Forgotten Remedies and Recipes - Rilegato

Eastoe, Jane

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1862058903 ISBN 13: 9781862058903

Casa editrice: Pavilion Books Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

Many of the products on sale today in our high street chemist can trace their origins back to Victorian formulations. Sun cream lotion, treatments for insomnia, dandruff, warts and perfumes are all as relevant today as they were 100 years ago. In this fascinating series, historian Ruth Goodman looks at what was on offer and whether these remedies and recipes were and are still effective. Providing hints, tips, recipes and fascinating historical background, this book shows how many traditional remedies are still in use and how we can make some ourselves. This is also the story of the growth of the high street chemist - how Jesse Boots began with one store in Nottingham in 1849 and went on to have over 250 outlets. Stocking thousands of items, including cleaning products, cosmetics, optical and electrical equipment, as well as medicines and herbal remedies, we have come to rely on these dispensaries of family healthcare.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pavilion Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1862058903
• ISBN 13: 9781862058903
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224