Pills & Potions at the Cotter Medical History Trust
Author(s): Claire Le Couteur
In this fascinating and by turns alarming book, Claire Le Couteur has researched the background to some of the popular medical remedies in New Zealand's medical history, based on items found in the collection of the Cotter Medical History Trust. The Cotter Trust was established in Christchurch by retired surgeon Pat Cotter, with the aim 'to collect, preserve and display artefacts of a medical nature'. It now holds the largest collection in the country of biographical notes of doctors, dentists, technical, managerial, administrative and nursing staff who have worked in Canterbury. This is augmented by a museum of historical medical implements and equipment, medicines and pharmacy equipment, photographs, documents, memorabilia and books ..."Consumption, asthma, whooping cough? You need Congreve's Balsamic Elixir ...43.8% proof spirit alcohol ..." Pills & Potions is a collector's dream.
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CLAIRE LE COUTEUR is a doctoral student in history, freelance author and editor of several newsletters for groups including the Canterbury branch of the Historic Places Trust and the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society.
General Fields
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- : Otago University Press
- : Otago University Press
- : 0.299371
- : January 2014
- : 210 x 240 mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Claire Le Couteur
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : English
- : English
- : 610.993
- : 610.993
- : very good
- : very good
- : 101
- : 101
- : Colour
- : Colour