Can Onions Cure Ear-ache?
medical advice from 1769
$21.83
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2012
Summary
What common condition can be treated with cow dung? How do crushed oystershells ease heartburn? Can eels cure deafness? And how do you stop a stubborn case of the hiccups? If someone was struck down by illness or injury in the late eighteenth century, the chances are that they would have referred to William Buchan’s Domestic Medicine - with the result that they might have found themselves drinking a broth made from sheep brain or administering drops of urine in their ears. The book’s autho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851243822 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1851243828 |
| Author: | William Buchan, Melanie King, Robert Winston |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Interesting and entertaining.’
Buchan’s focus on family, the value of love, the destructive nature of anger and its management, child-care, diet and exer¬cise are all commendable – though why he, like other contemporaries, thought the night air was injurious is a mystery. – Robert Winston‘Buchan didn’t always achieve his aim of protecting the general public against “the destructive influences of Ignorance, Superstition and Quackery”. In fact some of his tips should come with a health warning…’ * Sunday Express *
About The Author
William Buchan
Melanie King is the author of ‘Secrets in a Dead Fish’ (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2014), ‘Can Onions Cure Earache? Medical Advice from 1769’ (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2012) and ‘The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death’ (Oneworld Publications, 2008). Robert Winston is a British professor, medial doctor, scientist, television presenter, and politician.
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