Secrets of the 17th Century Medicine Cabinet

by Katherine Knight

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180399701X
• ISBN13: 9781803997018
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages