Victorian and Edwardian Medicine: a Brief Romp Through the Wild, Wacky and Sometimes Lethal Medicines of Those Bygone Days

An educational and hopefully humorous take on a serious and fascinating subject. Aspirin, opiods and quinine still have roles today but others may shock you, such as the everlasting pill that had to be dug out of chamber pots to be used again or the implantation of goat organs to give you some vitality. Soda as medicine, you bet. Where did snake oil come from and where did it go...or has it gone at all? Your uterus has gone a wandering and you need help, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable compound is there to fix you up. Your baby won't sleep? How about some of Godfrey's cordial to the rescue because landanum and alcohol will quiet baby nicely. This is just the tip of a very large iceberg waiting to be explored