Victorian pharmacy by Jane Eastoe with Ruth Goodman. rediscovering remedies and recipes

By:

Eastoe, Jane

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Pavilion 2010.Description: 224 pages illustrations (some color) 24 cmISBN:

9781862058903 (hbk.)

Uniform titles:

Victorian pharmacy (Television program)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

615.1094

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Public health -- Medicine and disease -- The chemist and his shop -- Poison -- Potions, powders, perfumes and pills -- 2000 items in stock -- The appliances of science.

Summary: Follows the fascinating story of the emergency of high street healthcare in the form of the chemist's shop and the products on offer. Investigates which pills, potions, tonics and cures were available-- some effective, some deadly, and some still with us today.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	Non Fiction	615.1094 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00548071

TV tie-in.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Public health -- Medicine and disease -- The chemist and his shop -- Poison -- Potions, powders, perfumes and pills -- 2000 items in stock -- The appliances of science.

Follows the fascinating story of the emergency of high street healthcare in the form of the chemist's shop and the products on offer. Investigates which pills, potions, tonics and cures were available-- some effective, some deadly, and some still with us today.

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