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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.
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Jane Eastoe has been a journalist and author for 25 years and a garden designer and horticulturalist for 15 years. She is the chief contributor to the National Trust Book of the Countryside. Her interest in organic living developed as a response to the diverse demands of family life. She is a keen gardener and her passion for chickens began five years ago with the purchase of two pullets. Her books include Wild Food, and Fabulous Frocks.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
heard the author on BBC London Radio/Robert Elms and was really curious - both about the book as well as the tv series. Jane talked about poisons & medicines & all things herbal and weird & wonderful! Have been watching the tv programme and reading through the book and it's a lovely put together package. Some really interesting recipes in the book - not ones that I would think that i'll need to make (too reliant on modern day medicine) but they seem really quirky and fun.
Have had fun reading this & seeing the stars on tv. Already looking forward to Ruth Goodman's next installment in Edwardian Farm this Christmas!
Have had fun reading this & seeing the stars on tv. Already looking forward to Ruth Goodman's next installment in Edwardian Farm this Christmas!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a most interesting and informative book, which anyone who has an interest in medicines and the Victorian era will enjoy reading. There are also recipes dotted throughout, for anyone brave enough to try them! Though whether you can still get some of the ingredients is another matter!!!
A good all round book and well written.
A good all round book and well written.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a retired Chemiist this book and the programme bought back memories and a few giggles of cleaning carboys and making suppositories - oh boy those were the days... It's a wonderful book I love it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fascinating book
Bought this delightful, well researched and fascinating book for a malady-obsessed, hypochondriac in-law. I hope she gets lots of new talking points from it.
Published 5 months ago by P. G. Pirrie-weir
Brought back memories of GCSE History!
Last year I was studying GCSE medicine through time, and this brought back plenty of memories! Although the title suggests this book is all about medicine in the victorian era,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Emily
Get a better proofreader
An interesting read, marred by many grammatical and spelling errors (I'm not referring to the historical extracts). Read more
Published 16 months ago by Stargazer
Fantastic account of Victorian Practices of the Era
This book is fantastic, it combines the history of the Victorian Pharmacy practices with a practical amount of knowledge also emparted in the process, safe recipies for the reader... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Adele Pavement
Enjoyable and entertaining. Useful for those studying this era.
My daughter is studying Medicine Through Time for GCSE for this era, so I thought this book would be an interesting starting point, even though we missed the series. Read more
Published 20 months ago by S. Owen
Victorian Parmacy
An excellent companion to the BBC series for anyone interested in how medicines and pills and potions were made.
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. G. H. Moore
What's Up Doc?
It was very intersting re diseases but perhaps not enough information generally and too many illustrations and recipes. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Janet
Victorian Pharmacy
Excellent value, very informative with attractive layout. It compliments well the BBC TV Series upon which the book was based but adds helpful lists of remedies and recipes.
Published 21 months ago by denarius
Victorian Pharmacy
A good general social history book. For me it could have included more specific drug actions and reactions, but I have a medical background.
Published 21 months ago by country meg
As good, if not better than the fabulous series!
I've really got into the series, and after enjoying it so much, decided to buy the book last week. Anyone who thinks that the book is just made as a tv add-on is mistaken, the book... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Hattie
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