TITLE:
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.
Additional Contributors:
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
