Overview
Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day.
- | Author: William Buchan, Melanie King
- | Publisher: Bodleian Library
- | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2012
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781851243822
- | ISBN-10: 1851243828