A book of curious advice : most unusual manners, morals, medicine from days of yore / edited by Ruth Pepper Summers.

A book of curious advice : most unusual manners, morals, medicine from days of yore / edited by Ruth Pepper Summers.

Alternate Title
: 
Curious advice

Publication Date
: 
2004

Publication Information
: 
New York : Sterling,

Physical Description
: 
207 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Home economics -- Miscellanea.
 
Conduct of life -- Miscellanea.
 
Common fallacies.
 
Manners and customs.
 
Medical misconceptions.

Additional Contributors
: 
Summers, Ruth Pepper.

Summary
: 
The unwise guidance covers everything from curing alcoholism to lacing corsets. Complete with revealing information on the popularity of opium, history of bathing, and nineteenth-century version of the Atkins' diet, A Book of Curious Advice provides a rare and hilarious glimpse into our ancestors' heads and homes.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781402728105


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Stephenville (WST) (Kindale)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction640 B64Checked In