Can onions cure ear-ache?: medical advice from 1769
Auteur :
Buchan, William
Éditeur :
Bodleian Library
ISBN :
9781851243822
Date de publication :
5 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,9 cm
Poids :
360 g
Format :
Sewn; With printed dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day.