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Victorian Pharmacy
2010 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 1 season
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. 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, 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 who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.
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I saw an episode of the television show 'Victorian Pharmacy' where they explained the modern and historical medical uses of these creatures, and also demonstrated it live on some poor guy.
Apparently the ones used by hospitals are fed nothing for two whole years so that they are REALLY hangry when put to use. The leech vendor had a bucket of them and says he gets seven dollars apiece!