Monthly Archives: November 2011
If the patient is not alarmed
I just rediscovered this book, which I’ve owned for years but had forgotten about. It’s a marketing publication produced by Elliman and Sons, who manufactured the hugely popular Elliman’s Embrocation (for people) and Royal Embrocation (for animals) at Slough from 1847 onwards. The human version of the liniment is still available over the counter. The … Continue reading
Categories: Veterinary Medicine
Tags: 1900s, 19th century, 20th century, dogs, Edwardian, horses, Slough, veterinary history, Victorian
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The tracks of a spider whose legs had been dipped in ink
Doctors’ handwriting has long had a poor reputation, and I was amused to find this specimen, sent in to The Chemist and Druggist by an appalled pharmacist in June 1874. A couple of months later, the magazine reported that the Scientific American had reproduced the prescription, commenting that it: might indicate the vagaries of Planchette … Continue reading
Categories: Other things of interest, Uncategorized
Tags: 1870s, 19th century, drugs, handwriting, pharmacy, Victorian
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