Victorian pharmacy : rediscovering forgotten remedies and recipes
Eastoe, Jane2010
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Many of the products on sale today in our high street chemist can trace their origins back to Victorian formulations. Providing hints, tips, recipes & historical background, this book shows how many traditional remedies are still in use & how we can make some ourselves.
Main title:
Victorian pharmacy : rediscovering forgotten remedies and recipes / Jane Eastoe ; foreword by Ruth Goodman.
Author:
Eastoe, Jane, authorLion Television Ltd, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Pavilion, 2010.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
TV tie-in.Published in association with Lion Television.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781862058903 (hbk)
Dewey class:
615.1'0941'09034615.1094109034615615.109
LC class:
RS67.G7
Language:
English
Subject:
Pharmacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryPharmaceutical industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryPharmacognosy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryHealth and FitnessPharmacognosy -- History -- 19th centuryTraditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptionsHealth and fitnessHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
552659