'Poisons for Medicine' - Victorian Pharmacists and Quack Doctors:

Organisation:

Sun Jester

Region:

England

Notice Period:

Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)

Type:

Professional

Fee:

Paid: £75 plus travel @ 35p per mile up to 30 miles from Aylesbury

Category:

History

Updated:

23^rd February 2020

Tagged:

Victorian | History | Medicine | Poisons

All Sun Jester's talks and entertainments aim to enlighten, divert and amuse audiences of all sizes and ages.

A darkly humorous look at medicine in the 19th Century. The reign of Victoria saw the development of chemical medicine from medieval-style alchemy to modern pharmacy. Chemists lent their ingenuity to attempt to provide any cure their customers wanted. Some made fortunes, some made disastrous mistakes.

Sun Jester is a family business that offer a range of informal talks and entertainments for groups of all interests including after dinner entertainments. With a usual duration of 45–60 minutes, they can be adapted to suit requirements.

We have been working in the field of Heritage Education for over 25 years.

WE NOW OFFER MOST OF OUR TALKS ONLINE, PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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• Arsenic - The Victorian Housewife’s Friend
• 'Sense and Insensibility' - The History of Chloroform
• 'A Warning to Country Folk' - Tales from the Elizabethan Underworld
• 'A Poor Existence' - Victorian Street Life
• 'Science and Superstition' - Medicine in the Roman Empire
• 'Wedlocked' – Women, Know Your Place!
• A Christmas Entertainment
• 'Before the Zip' – The invisible history of textiles and their makers
• 'The Banker who wanted to blow up Hitler' - Bob Brand, Lord Brand of Eydon
• 1 Million Years of Tool Use & The Species that Changed the World!
• Lumina – Music for Commoners and Courtiers:
• 'Jazz Age Greats' – Vintage Musical Entertainment
• 'Hot Jazz, Hoods and Hooch' – Vintage Musical Entertainment
• 'Songs of War' – Vintage Musical Entertainment
• 'What’s the Point?' – The Story of the Sword
• 'The Fabulous Fifties' – Vintage Musical Entertainment
• 'The Swinging Sixties' - Vintage Musical Entertainment
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