Catherine the Great's Home Remedies for Zits and Sunburn

Better living through 18th century chemistry!

Over the course of her 50 years in Russia, Catherine the Great wrote three versions of her memoir. It's surprisingly readable - it has funny anecdotes about court life and the occasional remedy for common ailments, which I found hilarious and charming. So of course I couldn't resist making a video to tell you about them.

I hope you enjoy this short look at 18th century pharmaceuticals!

History is so awesome.

#history #womeninhistory #royalty

Sources:
Apple Jr., R.W. “Eau de Vie: Fruit’s Essence Captured in a Bottle.” New York Times, April 1, 1998.

Catherine, Empress. Translated by Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great. New York: Modern Library, 2006.

Jonson, Ben and George Parfitt, ed. The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1996.

Jonson, Ben and Helen Ostovich, ed. Jonson: Four Comedies. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013.

Rennie, James. A New Supplement to the Pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1833.

Thomson, Thomas. Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis, Volume 1. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836.
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