tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post8370878022406454720..comments2023-09-03T02:13:51.179-07:00Comments on Victorian Scribbles: Victorian Remedies, Then and NowElizabeth Varadan, Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-66820661925317123952013-12-12T07:25:49.354-08:002013-12-12T07:25:49.354-08:00Hi, Connie, you are so right. My husband has to wa...Hi, Connie, you are so right. My husband has to watch his cholesterol, and medical experts have changed their minds several times about what is good or bad. At one time he wasn't supposed to eat eggs at all. Now they are okay. Avocados were bad. Now they are the miracle veggie. And so it goes.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-71395877702449497062013-12-11T15:18:13.268-08:002013-12-11T15:18:13.268-08:00Fascinating. When I read this (especially the stry...Fascinating. When I read this (especially the strychnine stuff), I couldn't help but wonder what medications we take will be met with gasps one hundred years from now.Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-62050008519382235712013-12-08T09:04:55.981-08:002013-12-08T09:04:55.981-08:00Hi, Rick, thanks for stopping by and following my ...Hi, Rick, thanks for stopping by and following my blog. I'll go check out yours.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-86601070480196395822013-12-08T07:53:20.436-08:002013-12-08T07:53:20.436-08:00I just popped over from I just popped over from th...I just popped over from I just popped over from the Optimistic Existentialist blog. <br />I see you're an author too. My stuff is non-fiction.<br />Rick, your latest follower.Rick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-35580268264946476952013-12-07T07:09:09.463-08:002013-12-07T07:09:09.463-08:00Hi, Wendy. Yeah, I thought those old remedies were...Hi, Wendy. Yeah, I thought those old remedies were interesting, too. Scary. But interesting. Thanks for stopping by.<br />Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-1086881663841362172013-12-06T17:52:56.181-08:002013-12-06T17:52:56.181-08:00Absolutely fascinating! Thanks, Elizabeth :)Absolutely fascinating! Thanks, Elizabeth :)Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-9410692477808743012013-12-06T08:20:26.084-08:002013-12-06T08:20:26.084-08:00Hi, Sharon, that is such an interesting remedy. I&...Hi, Sharon, that is such an interesting remedy. I've never heard of it. <br />Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-27089814205101119422013-12-05T17:47:39.487-08:002013-12-05T17:47:39.487-08:00 With the cost of medical services today, we may h... With the cost of medical services today, we may have to resort to these old remedies. But sometimes waiting a day and flushing the body with water is the best cure of all for indigestion. Sharon Himslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835934582653243661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-83289909800978864612013-12-05T11:23:11.763-08:002013-12-05T11:23:11.763-08:00Jon, Yep, me too. I'll take a Tums any day!
C...Jon, Yep, me too. I'll take a Tums any day!<br /><br />Cathy, that was such an interesting insight. We keep hearing about our unhealthy eating today. But, even though they didn't have additives, they had a lot of other miserable conditions in England at that time.<br /><br />Rosi, I'm with you. How did we ever make it through all those centuries?Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-27393682972334796562013-12-05T11:04:25.034-08:002013-12-05T11:04:25.034-08:00Fascinating. I, too, would be loathe to recommend ...Fascinating. I, too, would be loathe to recommend strychnine for anything! It's amazing the human race has survived.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-87804530415348723442013-12-05T09:13:34.281-08:002013-12-05T09:13:34.281-08:00The remedies all sound so quaint and odd to me, bu...The remedies all sound so quaint and odd to me, but it does show that people got headaches and indigestion even back then, when they were eating so much healthier than we are now. (In general.) People ate real food, rather than most of what passes for food in the supermarket these days. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900383840255608898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-80656972386079520782013-12-05T08:04:15.483-08:002013-12-05T08:04:15.483-08:00I especially love the festive aspect of the holida...I especially love the festive aspect of the holidays and all the wonderful food. Some of those old Victorian remedies sound plausible (not all, of course)- - but I'd prefer to take a Tums rather than "the curative power of the tomato."Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-75670568155070806992013-12-05T07:07:14.154-08:002013-12-05T07:07:14.154-08:00Hi, Optimistic, just don't take strychnine for...Hi, Optimistic, just don't take strychnine for your headache, no matter what Mrs. Beeton says. :-)<br />Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618662835458105757.post-43025966093520073262013-12-05T05:38:04.845-08:002013-12-05T05:38:04.845-08:00This post made me hungry lol. And now I wonder if ...This post made me hungry lol. And now I wonder if me eating all the time is the cause for all my headaches lol Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.com