Comments on: The Treatment of Hearburn (circa 1736) http://www.politedissent.com/archives/688 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:25:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.politedissent.com/archives/688/comment-page-1#comment-3514 Scott Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:51:31 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/688#comment-3514 I have that Colonial Williamsburg version (plus a few other versions, more or less complete). I haven't got around to some of the -- let's say "more unpleasant" cures yet, but they're coming... I have that Colonial Williamsburg version (plus a few other versions, more or less complete). I haven’t got around to some of the — let’s say “more unpleasant” cures yet, but they’re coming…

]]> By: Harvey Jerkwater http://www.politedissent.com/archives/688/comment-page-1#comment-3513 Harvey Jerkwater Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:35:35 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/688#comment-3513 Just out of college, I spent a few months working at the old-timey print shop in Colonial Williamsburg. That summer, I spent a lot of my time setting the type and printing pages of "Every Man His Own Doctor." When tourists would ask what I was doing, I'd explain a little about the book. "Oh, I love home remedies!" they'd frequently say. "They're great!" I'd disabuse them of this romantic notion by mentioning the book's "cures" for tuberculosis and other serious illnesses. Let's just say the cures went past "sassafras root" and into the appallingly yicky. Just out of college, I spent a few months working at the old-timey print shop in Colonial Williamsburg. That summer, I spent a lot of my time setting the type and printing pages of “Every Man His Own Doctor.”

When tourists would ask what I was doing, I’d explain a little about the book.

“Oh, I love home remedies!” they’d frequently say. “They’re great!”

I’d disabuse them of this romantic notion by mentioning the book’s “cures” for tuberculosis and other serious illnesses. Let’s just say the cures went past “sassafras root” and into the appallingly yicky.

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