VICTORIAN PHARMACY BBC - 'Complete Four Episodes' (full)
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2015
- Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. The series producer was Cassie Braben and the Executive Producer was David Upshal. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th Century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Professor Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian.
Episode (1) 0:00
The first episode is set in 1837. It was mentioned that the series would not be using opium that was commonly used by pharmacists during the Victorian era. A world where traditional remedies, such as leeches, oil of earthworm and potions laced with cannabis and opium, held sway. After sampling some of the old ways, the team ventured into new discoveries, such as the Malvern water cure, the bronchial kettle for curing coughs, and the invention of Indian tonic water.
Episode (2) 59:10
In the second episode the team took on the challenges of the 1850s and 1860s, a time when overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions had reached their peak, leading to unprecedented outbreaks of disease. 'Cure all' medicines that had promised to cure virtually everything, were all the rage and the team make their own out of rhubarb, liquorice, soap and syrup. They also ventured into the uncertain world of electrotherapy and found out how the discovery of germs made disinfectants a best seller.
Episode (3) 1:58:05
By the third episode the pharmacy entered a period of new inventions and new laws. In 1868 pharmacies were regulated by law for the very first time - and Ruth, Tom and Nick faced a taste of the tough examinations pharmacists went through to become qualified. They also explored the world of poisons and hazards that were completely unregulated until this time - from arsenic and opium to explosives. But the lack of restrictions they had enjoyed enabled 'experimental chemists' to invent products ranging from matches to fireworks, to custard and jelly. The team learned the processes involved in each, and laid on a Victorian style firework display for their customers.
Episode (4) 2:57:06
In the forth and final episode in the series we see Ruth, Tom and Nick continue with Barber and Goodman's Pharmacy through to thee end of the Victorian era. Tom branched out into photography and dentistry using the latest technology, such as the foot-pedal dental drill. Ruth made condoms out of sheep intestines. Nick produced salicylic acid (a precursor to aspirin) which was tested orally and as a cure for corns along the way. And for those customers who like a little pampering, the team turn their hands to making their very own brand of perfume. As they shut up shop for the last time, the team reflected on a revolution in public healthcare that put a chemist's shop in every town in the country.
Anything with Ruth Goodman in is worth watching. You really learn alot from her.
Yep!! Love her!
Saw her in the thumbnail nail and had to watch
I completely agree! She’s so knowledgeable and lovely to watch. Very entertaining while learning!
"alot" isn't a word.
Agree 💯
Ruth Goodmans happiness is always refreshing
Agreed. She is a great lady
Pharmacies are still duping the public. Or at least Pharmaceutical companies.
I love watching Ruth. She is infectious.
@@theresamills5095 happening here in America too. But for many many years making us all poisoned and sick. I love cooking the old ways
Ruth Goodman is absolutely delightful. Her passion and love is unparalleled. She lights up the screen. Could hear her and the herbalist converse all day long.
She could read the bible or the phone book and I would listen.
I love Ruth Goodman. She is so enthusiastic about every aspect of the Victorian time and explains everything so well. I wish she was my history teacher lol. Right now Im going through her book "How to live like a Victorian" and its so exciting
I would volunteer if they want ppl to live like this for a year
She looks so authentically elizabethan in her facial features. Its uncanny. She is definately 100% british.
I love Peter, he looks like a dusty puppy, I want to take him home and wash him off and give him a hot meal...
@@assajventress3204 If Ruth were put in a time machine back to the 16th Century, she would look totally at home. Her features are quintessentially medieval English.
@@snowysnowyriver that bird-like "freshen ya drink gov'ner" kinda face hahaha
Love all BBC farm series with Ruth,Alex and Peter. Really love Ruth's enthusiasm for history. Hope they make a ton more series like these....
Funniest bit is they replaced Alex with Tom and nobody noticed.
I love Dr. Ruth Goodman. Her face just beams excitement and theatrics and pure joy. And, not to be mean, but I love that the production team doesn’t spruce any of the participants up. I’m sure they are all quite handsome in make up and today’s standards but, I love to see folks the way they would have been seen.
It’s so true! I’m certain they’re all handsome and beautiful by 2024 standards, but it’s refreshing to see them all without much hair and makeup help.
I, on the other hand would’ve looked like a sickly, anemic Woman during the Victorian Era.
This series comes right after "The Victorian Farm". The dress Ruth wears in episode 2 of "Pharmacy" is the one she made on episode 4 of "Farm", while learning how to operate a treadle sewing machine.
That was one of the first things I noticed too. I wonder if she was allowed to keep the dress after they made Victorian Farm.
I was wondering if that was the same dress!!!
Ruth is so enthusiastic. I love these shows, it's such an escape, in a world gone mad.
It's always interesting how many women of the past really did manage to ignore stereotypes and actually go and succeed in the face of adversity. My grandmother qualified as an oral hygienist during the 1930s where she met my grandfather (who became a dentist). Her dad always held her to the same academic standards as her brother because--in his words--"God wouldn't have given women brains if he didn't expect for you to use them." That's a sentiment she definitely passed on to me. Sadly somehow that attitude managed to skip over my dad, but still.
I like that! 👍
We also viewed Victorian, Edwardian and Tudor Farm series on Amazon Prime in the US. We have become huge Ruth Goodman fans! She is so passionate about her fascination of history. Seems to run in the family! These exceptionally produced productions are entertaining and enlightening. Bravo!
I have also watched them all. I just stumbled on Tails from the Green Valley. It seems to be the first series Ruth, Peter, and Alex did together. They're so much younger but it's just as good as the others.
Secrets of the castle is great too. It's got the trio of hosts.
As a passionate mudlark, i have a wonderful amount of 'quack-cure' bottles in my 'home-museum'... And this documentary has filled in many holes in my historical knowledge that i didn't even realise were there. :) Bravo! Love it! :)
All four shows back to back - that's the way to show this! Thank you!
Victorian medicine - "opium and cannabis, because you can't cough if you're unconscious"
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
At 5:10," Oh my Gideon!".
Love Ruth's sayings of wisdom and her, "Get stuck in!", attitude no matter what.
😆 She reminds me of my Granna, who used to exclaim "Oh my giddy aunt!" 😂
Thanks so much for this magical series. A brilliant view of a Victorian pharmacy, enjoyed this step back in time very much
I love Ruth Goodman, any programme with her in it is a joy to watch ❤️
And it is allways nice to see her beautiful daughter eve too
Found these shows by mistake how now watched all the farm series bought a number of the books mentioned and started to teach some of these methods to a local survivalist group thanks to Ruth and the group for a fantastic series
If I were going to go full Victorian, I can't say I'd turn my nose up at a bottle of laudanum.....
I was just looking up how to make that bc it seems like something I need 😅
That stuff was horrible! Watch the movie " Amazing Grace".
@@escapetheworld7738 I think it's illegal to grow the kind of poppies you'd need but if it weren't I bet it wouldn't be TOO challenging 😅
Didn't Wyatt Earp's first wife die of a laudanum overdose?
I loved this series when it was on TV. Ruth Goodman is great in everything she’s in because she throws herself into things with genuine enthusiasm. Things like this are a great way to invite people to engage with history. The book that came out as a result of the series is fantastic. It’s got recipes in it you can try at home for what we would think of as homeopathic remedies from the Victorian period, but it also includes the details of recipes you definitely shouldn’t try because they are so dangerous.
fabulous series..i've watched every series with ruth goodman in it. i just adore her!
Same! 😀
This has to be one of the best ways to learn history. Not only are you seeing things as they might have been but you're getting an explanation on why it was that way back then and how it influenced how we live today! I hope more videos are made like this!
Ruth is my hero too! I can't stop watching every night to bed. I need the wholesomeness with this world right now.
I do the very same!
Screw history class, these productions are absolutely perfect.
I just love Ruth Goodman. She's an amazing person. Both knowledgable and entertaining and so enthusiastic you can't help but be smitten by her enthusiasm. 😁
Absolutely loved this. Learned so much. Anything with Ruth Goodman is a real treat! I'm a total fan.
The Herbalist in this series is a gem.
Love the enthusiasm of the chemist. I don't know how the pharmacy kept up with all the things they were doing.
Reading some of the comments and just how critical they are, makes me think there’s a whole of crazy pants who are just jealous they can’t get their pharmacists whip you up a little cannabis and opium. You do realize this is a slice of ‘living history’ right? It’s just s glimpse into a period of time of change. I adore watching these programs. I’m sure UA-cam has other programs you could find to lob your sad opinions on...
I couldn't agree more with you!
In east London, when we were children (1940's) our family doctor mixed his own medicines in his dispensary. Just a few pennies charge! And he made home visits.
As a Registered Community Pharmacist, this was superb to see! Nick Barber, a Pharmacist, was superb! In those days however, Pharmacists were addressed as 'Chemists and Druggists'...Even in 2023, J
Collis Brown's Mist (Mistura) are superb. As for Tinct Opii Camph...BRING IT BACK, QUICKLY!
Another interesting thing about the British craze for water cures is that it kick-started an entire industry in my home area in Germany (volcanic Eifel) as we started exporting our naturally sparkling spring waters to the UK. The first business to do so was "Selters" which can still be used to say sparkling water in German. Due to the problems with glas bottles at the time it was initially even exported in clay pots
It is really sad that America has gone back to the way of doctor's being too expensive for the average family to go to. I love watching doctor shows like Dr. Pimple Popper, Botched, My feet are killing me, and so on. It is horrific how many third world problems our first world country has. People walking on broken ankles for years. People letting tumors and cysts go unchecked for decades. Horrific chronic infections. All because people can't afford to get treatment.
Lived in Canada for 4 years. They didn’t have the diagnostic machines needed to treat illnesses. Turns out everyone has access to the same horrific care
We are learning better options to healing than poison, cut and burn "medicine" which has become the prisoner of "scientism" and fraudulent studies. Do your own research and get yourself well. Blessings for your healing. I avoid doctors and hospitals at all costs.
Well that's what u get when I live in a country build on greed medicines in your country r 4 to 6 times more expensive then in Canada and the UK people making ton of money off sick people now that is sick and the only 1st world country not to offer free care to under 18s sick
I really love Ruth Goodman’s documentaries!!
Thank you for sharing the history of European pharmacy practices.
I love Ruth Goodman's passion!
"Good morning, 10 grams of cocaine please!" 😂.
I collect Antique Pharmacy Bottles, And Worked in a Pharmacy. Could watch this program several times over and still not absorb everything.
To simply walk into a Pharmacy building and Look over all those BEAUTIFUL Bottles.
If I could step back in time !
I remember my mother giving me Collis Brown liquid cough medication as a child it had the same bottle in this video too....lol no wonder it made me sleepy ...brilliant stuff
I hope it was a more modern version without the morphine 😂
I think lands should be dedicated to historical time periods that ppl could live in full time
I would 100% be down for that.
There are. Amish and Mennonite communities. Try it sometime.
@@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft Quaker too but one doesn't just join. People today could not give up their electric devices and microwaves..
Really? Ever hear of the Quaker's or Amish??
Been around for decades.
@@tessaducek5601 I agree with the first sentence, not with the 2nd. I'd be happy to give them both up & work the land. Better than my current job.
Certainly enjoy every episode these pros put together!
Always get completely engrossed! ( even if sometimes, things get a bit gross! )
Very thankful for my parents teaching me soo much and getting me involved with history at an early age.
Fascinating and well done!
Glad you like them!
My face curled up automatically like I had been eating a lemon when I heard about passing Down The Purge pill to the next person. You know damn well they only rinsed it off and then the next person comes along and swallows it? No I don't think I want one of those I will stick with Dulcolax.
I live in the middle of nowhere and I go to my pharmacist as a doctor we only have one doc and to be honest he's ancient and Google is more informative. My my pharmacist is a gem. Very valuable to our comunity.
Like the saying goes, true science is made on the back of giants.
It's so amazing to see the dangers they had to go through for us to have the medicine we take for granted today.
They were quite the adventurous bunch.
Pain is a great motivator to find cures.
I forgot to mention my love for all the bottles, just lovely.
I collect poison bottles
Ruth Goodman is amazing; incredibly intelligent and tough as nails
I would have spent the victorian days in a pleasant stupor.
An absolutely beautiful documentary.
Very interesting, thank you for sharing. I have the book, but I have not been able to watch the series because I live abroad and I cannot watch the BBC on TV here. I am very happy I found it here.
I love every bit of this, my daughter is a pharmacy tech, I hope she will watch it. I loved the acne cream, and perfume the best.
The everlasting pill got me speechless
Thank you for this it was wonderful!
Thanks a lot for this x
'Boss Babes' would have thrived in this era, peddling all their essential oils lmaoooo
2:07:20 Ruth totally speaks BABY!! He answered her, too lol! Brilliant!
If my university had offered a museum degree, I’d have followed her…
I kid you not..
I LOVE this! These were the documentaries with which I began my BINGE watching of ALL of Ruth, Peter, Alex, and Tom I could! Now I am at the end of them all, the end of the summer (literally...it is the Tuesday after Labour Day ) and I am looking for Victorian Bakery without any luck whatsoever. Can anyone help me?
val Fletcher I do not know if it is on youtube but in (if i am not mistaken) 2016 there was a program that aired called victorian bakers.
It’s all I watch really..😅
Peter and alex are so sexy as well. 🤤
Love this so much. History is my favourite subject ❤
I am 61 now and can just about remember my mum using a Kaolin hot plaster on her bad back. I suppose it was the predecessor today's patches that you can stick on your back that heat up by chemical reaction. Fascinating.
There was a tin that got ‘warmed’ up and the contents were used as a Poltice to draw infected pus from cuts and boils. The stuff was Scalding. Most people nowadays would be running to A&E with ailments my Mum would fix in the kitchen.
I still put hot mustard poultices on my family when they have chest congestion. Works like a charm!
Interesting! But correction: in the time since, we've gotten more examples of historical corsetry and stays, and it is actually VERY RARE for women to tight lace. there are now examples of corsets that could only be tight-laced down to a 30" waist and had existing padding in the waist and hips. you have a wider top and bottom, the middle looks thinner without tightlacing. you LOOK snatched and your hella comfy and can eat a shit ton with your giant hidden pockets hiding your snacks for later.
This is such an interesting program.
I’m surprised they didn’t mention. During their ‘Victorian electric remedy’ portion. How the first feminine vibrating “massager” was invented. Lol.
Apparently the doctor who discovered a message technique. To relive ‘woman’s hysteria’. Got so many patients requesting treatment. He developed severe cramping in his hand.
To relieve his own pain. He developed a device to do the bulk of the work. And the ‘vibrator’ was born!!😂
The plot of the film "Hysteria"!
Wait so you mean a guy had to manually stimulate women to completion to "cure" them?
@@richardsanchez5444 Yes. Most of the time the doctor would make his apprentice do it since it was considered annoying and tedious work. "Hysteria" was thought to be a medical issue, so the "massage" was simply considered a treatment for it.
@@FelinaofL2I'll be Damned. Well I think we can all agree sometimes it can get tedious to "cure" someone.
@@richardsanchez5444 I find it tedious ‘curing’ myself sometimes. But I’m a ‘hard case’. Lol.
Oooh! Thank you for putting all four pharmacy adventures together.
thanks for sharing!!
Them: “The history of dentistry”
Me: “You mean the history of hell.”
Great documentary very interesting !!
Ruth has the Can-Do attitude we wish we all had!
Check her out in the medieval castle series. She is hardcore for real
I'm sooo glad he didn't kill the worms❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great documentary
This was so fun and interesting to watch. I love getting to see all the old fashion products just the way they were back then. these pharmacies really were straight up DRUG STORES. I wish they were still around. ( just so I could buy up all the opium products..legally )
That “women should feel pain in childbirth” thing sounds shocking but I hear that attitude even today.
Oddly, no one ever says it’s “God’s will” when a man suffers from, say, ED... 🙃
childbirth is a natural process, unlike painful diseases. While I would not prohibit painkillers during childbirth if one wishes to use them, in normal cases it is not necessary and has side-effects on the baby. Few women make informed choices as doctors don’t elaborate. We are too afraid of life, death and anything in between by the 21st century.
Everyone has a choice, and that is good about our time, but I fear we’ve ended up on the other side of the horse and lost touch with nature.
@findelka1810 Childbirth is a natural process that HURTS LIKE HELL.
Childbirth was seen to be 'a punishment by god' that women "deserved' if you had a pain-free child birth you were seen to have been a good person, a painful one was punishment by god. But Queen Victoria should get a lot of credit, she famously used chloroform for some of her childbirths but also made it mainstream to use pain medicine in general for childbirth and removed that stigma as much as she could for her time.
The anesthesiologist who administered my epidural when I was in labor with my first child said,"I don't believe women should suffer in pain during childbirth. Anymore than I believe any person should have an appendectomy with no anesthesia." There are alot of natural things the come with a hell of a lot ofpain. We don't need to suffer.
My husband thinks that ED is God's will for him...too bad it negatively affects me too.
absolutely loved this
I truly enjoyed every minute of this!
Victorian husband: Doctor, my wife has been feeling horrible pains since she gave birth. Could you have damaged her insides when you shoved those forceps into her womb?
Victorian doctor: No, its because her corset was laced too tight as a teenager. Give her opium.
"She's suffering from the vapors. Bring her in for a female massage."
@@angelarigido7161 🤣
Excellent programme
Is it just me or could Nick Barber be Sir Patrick Stewart's long lost twin? 🤔
The camera somehow makes the shops at Blists Hill look huge! They're really not. You can only get a couple of people in there at a time! Apart from the pharmacy, that's a little bit bigger but not much. Same goes for the scale of the place itself. It's really not all that big, but still a really educational & interesting museum!
Angles. I'm sure the pharmacy is larger due to storage and for filming inside the building
The irony of getting prescription commercials while watching this
Only in america. Other countries don't allow that
@@suzyq53511 lol I know it was a little jab at the freling industrial medical industry we have here
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I wish I didn't get so excited over the mention of Paris green
BBC should make another series like this
I take a cold plunge outside several days a week.
But I certainly don’t stay in for an hour! I stayed in the icy cold water for 20 minutes ONCE and gave myself mild hypothermia. (It was in January and 24 F outside.). Now I set a timer for 4 min in the winter and 8 min in the summer.
(It seems to help the chronic pain in my hips for a few hours. At least I think it does, but I certainly don’t have any proof.)
Wim hoff method :)
Cold helps with pain- it constricts your blood vessels so there's less blood flow to an area and any inflammation will decrease. That's why ice packs and ice baths work so well😊.
I would love to do this for a year. A year in the life of a Victorian. I would even bring my kids if i can this would be a great experience.
No running water, no electricity, no modern medicine ... try a month in a Third World country first.
@Brad Miller The worst thing would be the lack of immunizations, like no tetanus shots, and no rabies immunizations for your pets and domestic animals.
@@bradmiller2329 The difference, Brad, is that the Victorians had gardens, a variety of animals, bees, wax, ample supplies of wood, fertile soils and water that was only polluted by bacteria, for the most part, which could be purified by boiling -not toluene, heavy metals, pesticides, VOCs, and all the other things people in "Third World" countries are faced with.
Most interesting and enjoyable. 💖👍
The more gears,cogs, belts and cranks the better the cure! I always wondered why they developed photos at the pharmacy as part of the services. Now I know why! I kinda miss film canisters. I removed a wart with cider vinegar. It hurts. It works, though.
The scarifier and heated glass method is still used in alternative medicine today and doesn't really hurt that much because the blades are sharp and come down for just a moment. I can verify from personal experience that it works - not as much for blood letting as for pain relief. And the little blood that IS extracted looks very strange (like a dark jelly) which probably aids the healing properties.
I love the mad scientist action in the barn.
He’s amazing. I loved every second he was featured.
I quoted Ruth in my dissertation. Love her and all living history
How anyone survived the Victorian era is beyond me.
They were fucking like crazy
@@mrdavman13 so by sheer numbers?
But women died in childbirth a lot.
@@eddiesroom1868 pretty much. That's how most of humanity has survived for the longest. Just insane amounts of children. Of course childhood didn't last as long either. By the time of sexual maturity you would be considered an adult.
Simply Wonderful Beautiful Store Love the storyline
Simply Wonderful Beautiful Store Love the storyline. Actually medical leaches are still a thing still..
Love all of these programs but I wished they had Spanish subtitles so I could watch them with my parents.
At 9:11 minuets through, the herbalist, Elanor, is my husbands old girlfriend and her dog was our dog's mother.
what are the chances lol did it end on good terms?????
Liv Scott Cool 😎
Nothing screams “Quack!” More than a cure-all! 😂😂😂😂
So interesting.
When I was in highs school paregoric was still common. And my grandfather died in 1956 from tuberculosis.
Ruth is a joy to watch
I made elderberry syrup for a recent cough. I used an electric dehydrator on the berries to store them,which removes the cyanins. It worked.
The cold and flu center for the uk is in my city ($10 they can inject you with it lol🤦), after decades of research they found the best cure was dark red berries.
Using the European variety? AFAIK the American one has no issue. Do you know? But I've made elderberry remedies for years, no problems. I use the European one though. The issue is you cannot powder them and eat that; the seeds shouldn't be eaten (is that what you refer to?). I make a tincture or oxymel with the fresh or dried whole berries, macerate 3-4 months, strain out berries and use liquid.
The American varieties are safe. I grew up eating them straight off the bush and still eat them when I can find them someplace accessible. The only issue I've ever heard of is due to its resemblance to water hemlock, which looks very similar and grows in the same environment but is VERY poisonous. People who don't notice things like the branching pattern or look for berries on the bush (water hemlock doesn't have berries) can accidentally pick water hemlock flowers thinking they're picking elderberry flowers. The elder flower tea they think they're making will actually kill them. But if you only pick flowers from bushes where berries are also growing or pick the berries instead of the flowers, you're in for a healthful treat.
@@ariannedechateaumichel7777 Wow! Good to know. Thanks for sharing that! 👍
Lung Tonic was used a lot back then and there was also California Fig Syrup.
I've come to the conclusion that British people either go for tea, or a bite to eat when they are waiting for something to complete on it's own. They're my kind of people really.
The tonic water and it’s medicinal properties and it’s history wow!
Yup, it's Quinine that's why it tastes so vile ;p
@@joesmith5095 I love tonic water. Quinine was used in much larger amounts back then, so it was much stronger more unpalatable than it is today.
What kind of herbs were used to make meadow-sweet tea? I didn't understand that one. Also, loved Ruth's ' business' suit that she wore towards the end. It looked very much like something my gr-grandmother wore in 1902 / 1903 for her wedding. She opted not to go with a traditional 'wedding' outfit.
The name of the herb is "meadow sweet"
The dress Ruth wore at the start you can watch her make in the Victorian Farm! There's a common herb called meadowsweet. Often found on wild ground. You can either hang the plants upside-down and dry them first,or just chop the fresh herbs into the bottom of a mug,pour boiling water on top,put a saucer on top to keep it hot while it infuses then strain it into a cup and sweeten to taste with honey.