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

by Katherine Knight

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752440276
• ISBN13: 9780752440279
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Tempus
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 7.8"