Pocket • 2006 • Engelsk

How Shakespeare Cleaned His Teeth and Cromwell Treated His Warts Secrets of the 17th Century Medicine Closet

Name: How Shakespeare Cleaned His Teeth and Cromwell Treated His Warts Secrets of the 17th Century Medicine Closet
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Av Katherine Knight

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What was medicine like in the time of Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell? How did Charles I cure a headache, or Samuel Pepys get rid of kidney stones? Katherine Knight opens up the delights of the Stuart medicine cabinet in this fascinating romp through seventeenth-century medicine and cosmetics. Documenting the all-important use of household substances and do-it-yourself remedies, this book looks at the emergence of modern medicine from everyday cures such as herbs, oils and foods. Offering...Vis mer

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2006

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Engelsk

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How Shakespeare Cleaned His Teeth and Cromwell Treated His Warts Secrets of the 17th Century Medicine Closet

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Pocket

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