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Victorian pharmacy : rediscovering forgotten remedies and recipes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Eastoe, Jane
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Call Number
- 615.1094 EAS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 615.1094 EAS
- Author
- Eastoe, Jane
- Contributor
- Goodman, Ruth, 1963-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Printer
- L.E.G.O. spa
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 24 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Traditional medicine
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy
- Notes
- "As seen on BBC"--Cover
- "Foreword by Ruth Goodman".
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207) and index.
- Summary: Follows the fascinating story of the emergence 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.