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Can Onions Cure Ear-Ache?: Medical Advice from 1769
William Buchan
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Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. Medical Advice from 1769. 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. Editor(s): King, Melanie. 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. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight: 364.
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 author, a Scottish physician, published his self-help manual in 1769 specifically for ... Read more
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 author, a Scottish physician, published his self-help manual in 1769 specifically for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243822
SKU
V9781851243822
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Ref
99-50
About William Buchan
Melanie King is the author of The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death and Prophets, Seers and Visionaries. Robert Winston is a British professor, medial doctor, scientist, television presenter, and politician.
Reviews for Can Onions Cure Ear-Ache?: Medical Advice from 1769
Buchan's focus on family, the value of love, the destructive nature of anger and its management, child-care, diet and exercise 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, ... Read more
Robert Winston 'Buchan didn't always achieve his aim of protecting the general public against the destructive influences of Ignorance, ... Read more