Research Catalog

Title

Newfoundland drugstores : a history / John K. Crellin.

Author

Crellin, J. K.

Publication

St. John's : Flanker Press Limited, [2013].

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Details

Description

xv, 209 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Subject

• Pharmacies > history
• Drugstores > Newfoundland and Labrador > History
• Newfoundland and Labrador

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Victorian Drugstores -- Early drugstores: from medical apothecary to druggist -- Windows and window shopping -- Inside the store -- Victorian Health and Beauty: Toiletries and Perfumes -- Soaps -- Sponges, flesh brushes -- Perfumes -- Colognes, toilet water, and vinegars; toilet bottles -- Smelling salts and bottles -- Tooth powders, pastes, and brushes -- Hair preparations, brushes, combs -- Toiletries for the skin and complexion -- Victorian cooking and "Domestic utilities" -- Grocery/confectionery/sickroom diets -- Miscellaneous household wares -- Seeds for vegetables and flowers -- Victorian Medicines and Supplies for Sickroom -- Customer loyalty -- Asking for a medicine -- Proprietary medicines -- Stomach ailments -- Treatments for coughs and worms; tonics -- First aid and sickroom equipment, etc. -- Dispensing medicines -- The New Century to Confederation -- Commercial initiatives: the soda fountain and Rexall products -- Education in salesmanship -- British, American, and Newfoundland choices -- Newfoundland and other proprietary medicines -- Essences -- Perfumery and toiletries -- Confectionery/domestic "utilities", etc. -- Professional services -- Appendix: The Prescriptions -- Post-Confederation: Quickening Changes -- "Modernization" and self-service -- Toiletries and perfumes -- Other lifestyle products -- Proprietary medicines -- Dispensing and related services -- Professional issues: changes and challenges -- The future drugstore and shopping experience? -- Questions for the profession and the public -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781771172820 (pbk.)
• 9781771172837 (epub)
• 9781771172844 (kindle)
• 9781771172851 (pdf)

LCCN

^^2013432734

OCLC

853309070

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library