Victorian Pharmacy

Summary Life in a 19th-century pharmacy is re-created in this four-part documentary. Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and doctorate student Tom Quick discover how people attempted to cure common ailments beginning at the time of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, when remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and opium potions were commonly used. View more details

Victorian Pharmacy

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ruth Goodman Stephen Noonan Nick Barber Tom Quick

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 14, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Summary Life in a 19th-century pharmacy is re-created in this four-part documentary. Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and doctorate student Tom Quick discover how people attempted to cure common ailments beginning at the time of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, when remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and opium potions were commonly used. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 14, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

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