Meals Medicinal

Curative foods from the cook in place of drugs from the chemist — Dr. Fernie's 1905 A-to-Z of what to eat for what ails you.

About the Book

1905Published
W. T. Fernie, M.D.Author
192Entries

W. T. Fernie, M.D., had already written Herbal Simples when he turned to the kitchen: Meals Medicinal (John Wright & Co., Bristol, 1905) walks the larder A to Z, prescribing curative foods from the cook in place of drugs from the chemist.

The entries mix Victorian medicine with real cookery — read them as the historical record they are, not as advice.

This edition is built from a dual-engine reading of the original pages, checked against the scans.

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