Better living through 18th century chemistry!
Over the course of her 50 years in Russia, Catherine the Great wrote three versions of her memoir. It's surprisingly readable - it has funny anecdotes about court life and the occasional remedy for common ailments, which I found hilarious and charming. So of course I couldn't resist making a video to tell you about them.
I hope you enjoy this short look at 18th century pharmaceuticals!
History is so awesome.
#history #womeninhistory #royalty
Sources:
Apple Jr., R.W. “Eau de Vie: Fruit’s Essence Captured in a Bottle.” New York Times, April 1, 1998.
Catherine, Empress. Translated by Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great. New York: Modern Library, 2006.
Jonson, Ben and George Parfitt, ed. The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1996.
Jonson, Ben and Helen Ostovich, ed. Jonson: Four Comedies. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013.
Rennie, James. A New Supplement to the Pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1833.
Thomson, Thomas. Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis, Volume 1. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836.
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