Syrup of turnips anyone? Early Welsh books on popular medicine
Books on medicine and public health, which we’re currently in the
process of assessing, form an important part of the Welsh Print
Collection. Welsh interest in medicine and the medical has a long
pedigree dating back to the Physicians of Myddfai and beyond. Welsh
works on medicine date back to William Salesbury’s 16th century treatise
on herbs and herbal medicines, Llysieulyfr, not published until 1916,
through to the profusion of books on popular medicine published in the
18th and 19th centuries and towards the present day.
This new blog focuses on three of the many books published about popular
medicine in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The growth in the
publication of books on the subject during this period was part of a
boom in the publication of books on specialist subjects for the general
reader that was fuelled by the emergence of a growing literate
population, hungry for new knowledge of all kinds.
Williams’ Pharmacopoeia was a bilingual book that offered herbal
remedies for a large range of maladies ranging from asthma and
rheumatism to liver complaints, scurvy and consumptive fits, along with
recipes and instructions for preparation of a good poultice, bitter
wine, purging drinks and the ever-so-appetising syrup of turnips...
Read more here: http://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=14599
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Nia Mai Daniel
Pennaeth Isadran Archifau a Llawysgrifau
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