Stories
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
Catalogue
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English Recipe Book, 17th century
Digby, Venetia, 1600-1633.Date: mid 17th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.7391- Ephemera
Coleman's "Wincarnis" or Liebig's Extract of Meat and Malt Wine / Coleman & Co. Ltd.
W. Coleman & Co.Date: [1894?]- Ephemera
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The Carbolic Smoke Ball : for inhalation only : will positively cure colds, cold in the head, cold on the chest, catarrh, asthma, bronchitis ... / Carbolic Smoke Ball Company.
Carbolic Smoke Ball Company.Date: [1891?]- Books
Just the tonic : a natural history of tonic water / Kim Walker & Mark Nesbitt.
Walker, Kim (Researcher)Date: 2019- Pictures
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A man absurdly well-prepared for the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the overabundance of questionable remedies and protections against cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
Date: c. 1832Reference: 17849i