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S'està carregant… Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Home Remedies and Recipes by Jane Eastoe… (edició 2010)| 62 | 1 | 324,086 | 
(4) | No n'hi ha cap | 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. … (més) |
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Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua. in 1898, the book departments were turned into Boot's Booklover's Library: customers were charged 2d to borrow a book, and the concept was hugely popular. The books were always kept at the back of the store so customers had to walk right through to get to them. It also gave people something to do while they waited for their prescriptions. At its height in 1938, the department was attracting one million subscribers, with books being exchanged at a rate of 35 million per year. The libraries were closed in 1966. | |
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It's not a deep book and most of the recipes in it are clearly marked with a skull and crossbones, today they would be considered to be way too dangerous to even try. I must admit there were a few where I played a game of spot the dangerous chemical (who knew having a background in chemistry could make you smile!)
This is a companion to the TV series, which I've seen a few episodes of, and as a companion it's good. As well as the dangerous recipes it also has some more usable sidebarred recipes. Everything from curry powder to hand cream.
As a starting point on looking at earlier medicine it's good, there's a pretty extensive bibliography in the back. Who knew that Boots had a subscription library until 1966? (