Explore how everyday people living in eighteenth-century England
dealt with sickness, accidents, and disease in this unpublished
kitchen book from 1737.Bridget Lane, a typical British housewife
and lady of the house, treated her family for the physical ills
that befell them. She gathered more than 150 cures and remedies,
compiling them along with her unique insights into healing
principles and practices of the time.Edited with detailed
commentary by Vincent DiMarco, a longtime scholar of medieval
literature, this text examines how Bridget Lane's cures relate to
folk- and herbal medicine traditions, whether recipes preserved
vestiges of magic and spiritual healing, details on ingredients and
their effects, and ways certain recipes have been adapted to the
modern kitchen.Based on a comprehensive analysis of how the people
of the eighteenth-century understood ailments, Mrs. Lane's guide
and the attendant commentary is intended for students, lovers of
history, and anyone interested in the social sciences. Join an
eighteenth-century housewife and discover all she did in the
kitchen to protect and help her family with "It Has Helped to
Admiration."
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