Our First Visit to the Victorian-Era Pharmacy

The Victorian Variety Show

This episode contains a discussion of drug manufacturing & use during the Victorian Era. Listener discretion is strongly recommended. ***** Victorian-Era pharmacies were groundbreaking, in that they provided the general public with easy access to health care for the first time. I explain how these establishments came about & how the services offered at Victorian pharmacies differed from those offered by physicians, & also discuss some drugs that were commonly used during this time. ***** Email: [e-mail] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! ***** References “Cigares de Joy.” https://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/cigares-de-joy/ Cock-Starkey, Claire. “The Lure of Laudanum, the Victorians' Favorite Drug.” https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89268/lure-laudanum-victorians-favorite-drug Crane, Louise. “Drugs in Victorian Britain.” https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/W87wthIAACQizfap Diniejko, Andrzej. “Victorian Drug Use.” https://victorianweb.org/science/addiction/addiction2.html “Magee's Coca Wine.” https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/06/magees-coca-wine.html “Medical doctors in the Victorian Era.” https://steampunktribune.com/medical-doctors-in-victorian-era/ “Medicine in the 18th century.” https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine/Medicine-in-the-18th-century O’Neill, Therese, & Scott Beggs. “25 Terrifying 18th Century Remedies for What Ails You.” https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65413/15-terrifying-18th-century-remedies-what-ails-you “Pharmacy Act 1868.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy_Act_1868 Staci, Kristen. “What Is An Apothecary? A Quick History Of Organic Pharmacies.” https://www.healthworkscollective.com/what-is-an-apothecary-a-quick-history-of-organic-pharmacies/ Trickey, Erick. “Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-americas-19th-century-opiate-addiction-180967673/ Waite, Kathryn. “Victorian Medicine.” https://simplehistory.co.uk/victorian-medicine/ Williams, Lana. “Apothecaries and Medicine in the Victorian Era.” https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/01/apothecaries-and-medicine-in-victorian.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marisa-d96/message