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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By Pat B
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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!
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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.
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By Deb69
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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.
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book like i have had with the farm series that she helped create, if ruth ever brought out another book i would defenatly buy it, shame about the... Read more
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This book I am told is wonderful, I bought it for my father-in-law and he tells me that it is full of little remedies and follows closely to the TV series. Read more
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Victorian Pharmacy
Very good book to go with BBC series on same subject; bought it to remind me of how pharmacies developed.
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Another Fascinating Book
The Victorian Pharmacy is a book that will hold the reader's interest from beginning to end. It is full of information re the medications of out great, great grandparents' day;... Read more
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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.
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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
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An interesting read, marred by many grammatical and spelling errors (I'm not referring to the historical extracts). Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2011 by Stargazer
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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 on 4 Jan 2011 by Adele Pavement
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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 on 26 Sep 2010 by S. Owen
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Victorian Parmacy
An excellent companion to the BBC series for anyone interested in how medicines and pills and potions were made.
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