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Victorian Pharmacy
In ‘Victorian Pharmacy’, historian Ruth Goodman, Professor Nick Barber and PhD student Tom Quick recreate an authentic 19th Century pharmacy.
This Historical observational documentary series discover the world of the pharmacy at the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1837 – a world where traditional remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and potions laced with cannabis and opium were popular and regularly used.
Ruth Goodman, Nick Barber and Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick take on the challenges of the 1850s and 60s, a time when overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions had reached their peak, leading to unprecedented outbreaks of disease; they try some Victorian remedies on volunteers such as the bronchial kettle and leather ‘plaister’ and see how they fare when compared to the modern treatments for these breathing related ailments, that were quite widespread during that era.
Victorian Pharmacy,
@GrahamLondonUK I really enjoyed this as my town in the us is from 1749 and we have a real one, this old. with drawers of herbs, they did a good job on their recreation. my new town is from 1739 and the pharamacy here still has a working counter for modern pharamacist and a 1950′s lunch counter, but the same building and same name. also Paris has one that is still going.