What the Apothecary Ordered
Modern medicine is capable of wonderful things. Even moreso if you think back to how bad things were as little as a century ago. What the Apothecary Ordered: Questionable Cures Through the Ages catalogs all sorts of well-meaning misfires from across history, from gargling sugared snail juice for a sore throat to cocaine for teething pains, it's the sort of groan-inducing advice that makes you wonder how any of us survived at all.