Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England 2011
DOI: 10.1057/9780230302235_2
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‘The Beautifying Part of Physic’: Women’s Cosmetic Practices in Early Modern England

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“…In early modern London these safeguards were much weaker, fostering an understandable distrust of medical products, which forced apothecaries to be innovative in the presentation of their wares, spending lavishly on display. Snook looks at a rather different form of medical consumption: that of beautifying products. An undue focus on painting, rather than ointments and washes, has led to an exaggeration of the incompatibility of beautification with good health.…”
Section: (Iii) 1500–1700
Jonathan Healey
University Of Cambridgementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In early modern London these safeguards were much weaker, fostering an understandable distrust of medical products, which forced apothecaries to be innovative in the presentation of their wares, spending lavishly on display. Snook looks at a rather different form of medical consumption: that of beautifying products. An undue focus on painting, rather than ointments and washes, has led to an exaggeration of the incompatibility of beautification with good health.…”
Section: (Iii) 1500–1700
Jonathan Healey
University Of Cambridgementioning
confidence: 99%