Published September, 2012
By William Buchan, Robert Winston and Melanie King
Publisher: The Bodleian Library
Rating:
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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.

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