Victorian Pharmacy
Description: 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.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2010
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 4
First episode air date: July 15, 2010
Narrated By: Stephen Noonan
Networks: BBC, BBC Two
Executive Producer: David Upshal
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Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2010
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 4
First episode air date: July 15, 2010
Narrated By: Stephen Noonan
Networks: BBC, BBC Two
Executive Producer: David Upshal
Watch Trailer