Medications, treatments, pills & potions 1650 - 1950

This latest book in the Kent's Untold History series explores the changing history of medicines, medical treatments, pills and potions in Kent from the 17th century onwards, tracing the evolution of medications and drugs prepared by alchemists and doctors from the historically plant-based preparations of the 1600s and 1700s through to the evolution of science-based medicines of the 1900s onwards.
Advances also took place in the design and manufacture of artificial limbs, many becoming contr...