Victorian Medicine

Year 3 have been studying The Victorians and this week we looked at, and tried some Victorian Remedies. Did you know that vinegar and brown paper was good for a headache? A poultice of bread and vinegar is just what you need to sort out those nasty corns on your Grandma’s feet! Egg white on a burn is very soothing, and to cure and open wound you need to put charcoal from the fire on it and wrap it up in a rag! Phew! We were very pleased that modern medicine has moved on from this.