The Doc Replies: Medical Wisdom From the 1950s - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845357337 ISBN 13 : 9781845357337

Editeur : D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

A collection of 1950s medical articles and Q&A sessions from The Sunday Post in which readers revealed their health worries. It contains good, bad and questionable advice with comments from a modern doctor on some of the more of-their time suggestions. The Doc was the single most popular feature in The Sunday Post when the paper was recording world-record circulation figures. So influential was it that pharmacists and GPs would phone, asking what The Doc was to talk about. They knew that, on Monday, they'd have a lengthy queue of patients saying: See this in the paper? I've got that! . It is a collection of those 1950s medical articles, and Q&A sessions in which ordinary folk revealed their health worries. There is good advice, there are useful tips, there is stuff you definitely should NOT do, and there is a good dose of humour. But then, there was wisdom too. The best way to be comfortable in bed is to have a cool head and nose, and warm feet; the way you walk has an effect on how long you'll live; and there were certain precautions to take when sugar came off the ration. There are 304 pages of good, bad, questionable and outlandish advice, with comments from a modern doctor on some of the more of-their-time suggestions like smoke 15 a day if you have a cold, and the best way to avoid being bitten by fleas when you went to the cinema. And, take heed, there are household jobs your husband shouldn't let you do if you're a woman! It is a book that is entertaining, useful, amusing, full of nostalgia and full of people like us, the way we used to be.

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À propos de l'auteur

Steve Finan served 40 years as a Scottish journalist, and in that time made himself an expert on all newspaper content stretching back over the past century. His books reflect the social history of the 1940s to 1970s, telling the stories of ordinary people as they could be seen between the lines when they interacted with newspapers. They wrote to newspaper doctors with health problems, they swapped cooking, cleaning and household tips with each other. They complained, they laughed, they fell out (and the police were called), and they loved a thrifty bargain. They went to the football and rugby, and commiserated and exulted together. Steve's books are shamelessly nostalgic, providing an education for those who don't remember the 1950s and 60s, fond memories for those who do remember, and a thousand talking points to help young and old understand each other's worlds. In the process, Steve has created books full of old-fashioned, home-spun wisdom how to get stains out of tablecloths, how to make good broth, what to do when a wasp stings. Steve is also the author of the bestselling In The Black & White Era library of Scottish sports books, which bring to light images of football, footballers and football grounds that have lain in old newspaper and magazine archives for years. He also writes a weekly newspaper column In Defence of the English Language, fighting the good fight for proper punctuation, gracious grammar, and correct spelling.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845357337
• ISBN 13: 9781845357337
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Finan Steve
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible