It Has Helped to Admiration - Eighteenth-Century Medical Cures from the Kitchen Book of Bridget Lane, 1737 (Hardcover)

Explore how everyday people living in eighteenth-century England dealt with sickness, accidents, and disease in this unpublished kitchen book from 1737.Bridget Lane, a typical British housewife and lady of the house, treated her family for the physical ills that befell them.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."

General

Imprint:	Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Vincent DiMarco
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-4502-5628-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4502-5628-7
Barcode:	9781450256285

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