Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Home Remedies and Recipes

Eastoe, Jane

ISBN 10: 1862058903 / ISBN 13: 9781862058903

Published by Pavilion, 2010

About this Item

8vo (23 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Here is the story of consumer medicine -- how drugstore health care 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 health care." (from the publisher's description). Seller Inventory # 007295

Bibliographic Details

Title: Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Home ...

Publisher: Pavilion

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis:

• Ties in to a fantastic new four-part BBC series from the makers of the hit Victorian Farm
• Shows how many products on sale in our high street chemists today can trace their origins back to nineteenth century formulations
• Full of fascinating facts, remedies and recipes to try at home
• Victorian Farm sold over 40,000 copies (Nielsen Bookscan figures)

This is the story of consumer medicine – how high street healthcare emerged in just 50 years and how we still rely on hundreds of formulations and products that can trace their origins back to the nineteenth 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 chemist. Accompanying a major new BBC series, this book takes a look at which products were on offer, whether they were effective, and how we still make use of them today.

Providing hints, tips, recipes and remedies to make at home, and fascinating historical background, this book shows that while the names of products on the chemist’s shelf have changed over time, our hopes and aspirations as consumers remain much the same as our Victorian predecessors.

 

 

About the Author:

Jane Eastoe has been a journalist and author for over 25 years. She was chief contributor to the National Trust Book of the Countryside and is author of Home Grown Fruit, Allotments and Britain by Bike, published by National Trust Books. She is also the author of Pavilion's bestselling Vintage Roses and Peonies.