A Book Of Curious Advice: Most Unusual Manners, Morals, And Medicine From Days Of Yore - Hardcover

 
9781402728105: A Book Of Curious Advice: Most Unusual Manners, Morals, And Medicine From Days Of Yore
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1402728107 ISBN 13: 9781402728105
Verlag: Sterling, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Cigarettes to cure asthma? Crushed strawberries to remove freckles? Old advice can be peculiar or even downright dangerous, as this eye-opening, enjoyable treasury of misinformation proves. Drawn from such tomes as Ladies' Indispensable Assistant (1852), Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861), and Dr. Chase's Recipes (c. 1884), it offers a sampling of the most alarming remedies, unusual tips, and outdated theories from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. The unwise guidance covers everything from curing alcoholism to lacing corsets. Complete with revealing information on the popularity of opium, history of bathing, and nineteenth-century version of the Atkins' diet, A Book of Curious Advice provides a rare and hilarious glimpse into our ancestors' heads and homes.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Born in Toronto, Ruth Pepper Summers raised her family in Burlington, Ontario and still lives there happily with her husband. Despite no formal education after tenth grade, she has had a myriad of successful careers, including freelance writing for various newspapers. Ruth now enjoys compiling obscure and arcane trivia with the invaluable help of the Internet, her computer, and a vast collection of antique books.

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Verlag
Sterling
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1402728107
ISBN 13 
9781402728105
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Herausgeber
Summers Ruth Pepper
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