{"product_id":"digital-product-22","title":"Kitchen Physic (c. 1901) - W. T. Fernie","description":"\u003ch2\u003eKitchen Physic: At Hand for the Doctor, and Helpful for Homely Cures\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW. T. Fernie, M.D. | 1901 | Historical digital facsimile (PDF)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the modern medicine cabinet, there was the kitchen. In this wonderfully curious Edwardian volume, physician and herbal author W. T. Fernie explores the idea that everyday foods, herbs and household preparations could serve as medicine, gathering centuries of domestic healing traditions into one extraordinary book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1901, \u003cem\u003eKitchen Physic\u003c\/em\u003e is part medical history, part culinary folklore and part cabinet of curiosities. Its pages move between familiar ingredients, traditional herbal preparations and some truly astonishing historical beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat makes this book remarkable?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe kitchen as an apothecary:\u003c\/strong\u003e discover how food, drink and ordinary household ingredients were discussed as remedies at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical lore:\u003c\/strong\u003e references to dandelion, burdock, milk thistle, elderflowers, chamomile and other plants familiar to herbalists today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrange historical remedies:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fernie recounts the use of cockroach tea for kidney disease and discusses cobwebs and other unconventional materials in medicine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFolklore and famous healers:\u003c\/strong\u003e encounters with beliefs surrounding the evil eye and Bridget Bostock, a celebrated eighteenth-century folk healer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA glimpse of Edwardian medicine:\u003c\/strong\u003e a revealing mix of emerging dietary science, inherited folk practices and ideas that have since been abandoned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. T. Fernie (William Thomas Fernie), M.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eKitchen Physic: At Hand for the Doctor, and Helpful for Homely Cures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Wright \u0026amp; Co., Bristol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Downloadable PDF scan of the historical book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ancestral Library\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant historical and safety notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e This book is provided for historical research, education and enjoyment only. It contains outdated medical claims, unverified remedies and practices that may be unsafe, including the use of insects, animal materials and potentially toxic substances. It is not a modern guide to diagnosis or treatment. Do not prepare, ingest or apply historical remedies on the basis of this text. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor readers drawn to the old apothecary, forgotten folk remedies and the wonderfully peculiar history of healing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hearthwise Herbals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64209783882058,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-03_162533.png?v=1793723455","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-22","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}