{"product_id":"digital-product-27","title":"Remarkable Remedies (c. 1880) - Chambers's Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA tiny Victorian curiosity, filled with the wonderfully improbable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the pages of an 1880 issue of \u003cem\u003eChambers’s Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, an anonymous writer gathers a cabinet of extraordinary remedies: strange prescriptions, eccentric practitioners, curious charms and the peculiar lengths to which people once went in pursuit of good health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of these treatments were recommended in earnest. Others are recounted with a distinctly Victorian twinkle in the eye. Between them lies a delightful glimpse of a world in which household wisdom, superstition, fashionable cures and professional medicine jostled for attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect a little medical history, a little folklore and more than a little astonishment. We shall leave the most extraordinary ingredients for you to discover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this historical curiosity\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eRemarkable Remedies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eChambers’s Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, 27 November 1880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Uncredited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two original journal pages (printed pp. 763–764)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Digital PDF scan of the original article\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA charmingly odd little addition to the Hearthwise Historical Library, perfect for collectors of forgotten lore, Victorian eccentricities and the stranger chapters of medical history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64240511254858,"sku":null,"price":0.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/IMG_2626.jpg?v=1794041614","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-27","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}