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By Peter G. Homan, Briony Hudson, and Raymond C. Rowe. 182 pp., illustrated. London, Pharmaceutical Press, 2008. $45. ISBN 978-0-85369-728-2.

A more exact title for this book might be "Short Illustrated Histories of 21 Proprietary Medicines Popular in Great Britain, 1600–2005." The actual, concise title promises potential readers coverage of a bit more ground than any book could deliver in so few pages. However, the book does deliver scores of illustrations, many in full color, showing advertisements, products, and marketing ephemera.

The book's three authors are to be praised for pulling together these brief histories, which are focused on the biographies of the makers of the medicines, the changing recipes of the products, and a variety of illustrations. The style . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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