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Victorian Pharmacy

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2010-2010
1 Season
Documentary

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Life in a 19th-century pharmacy is re-created in this four-part documentary. Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and doctorate student Tom Quick discover how people attempted to cure common ailments beginning at the time of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, when remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and opium potions were commonly used.

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Stephen Noonan

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Ruth Goodman

Self

Nick Barber

Self

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Operating in Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire, the team look at the history of the pharmacy which began in 1837. They discover what medicines and remedies were like in the 19th century and recreate versions of them.

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