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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 19, 1748
Page
4
A panoramic late 18th century guidebook announces The Family Magazine in two parts, promissory of extensive cookery, distilling, pastry, brewing, cosmetics, wines, and medical advice. It touts hundreds of receipts, household directions, preserving methods, and practical medical notes for men women and children, with directions for buying provisions and sustaining health.
A long catalog advertises a new General English Dictionary and Companion Grammar. It claims extensive etymology and usage guidance across languages and subjects, with pronunciations, parts of speech, and names of notable figures. Printed for R. Ware at Ludgate Hill, offering Bibles and prayers.
An 18th century advertisement extols a cephalick and aromarick cordial to prevent fainting headaches and seasick symptoms. It claims to revive spirits, strengthen digestion, cleanse the blood, and ward off the effects of strong smells. Sold by Mrs Wharton and Mrs Markham in London shops.
Physicians admit severity of gleets and seminal weakness and warn of dangerous consequences. The advertisement promotes a ballamick electuary claimed to cure gleets and urinary weaknesses within days, priced six shillings, sold at Bradfort's Toy Shop Rose and Crown Strand, with instructions.
An aged advertisement touts LIQ UID-SHELL by Baron Schwanberg of Mechlisburghe Germany as a cure all for wind pains, stomach illnesses, infant colic, fevers, and related ailments. It claims to ease acidity, purge the body, and avoid opiate drawbacks while noting wholesale and retail sales in London and Bath with various outlets and prices.
A late eighteenth century advertisement touts Hypo-Drop as a universal remedy for melancholia vapours and hypochondriac symptoms. It claims rapid relief after three days, restores appetite and digestion, and promotes cheerful spirits, with distribution through Mrs Etolts at the Cros Keys in Cornhill London for 38 6d per bottle.
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