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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Folk Medicine, Folk Nutrition, Superstitions
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Superstitions and Folk Remedies
Author: Charles Raymond Dillon
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781469797038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Exciting, mysterious, and unusual folklore beliefs and treatment of diseases and illnesses.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781469797038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Exciting, mysterious, and unusual folklore beliefs and treatment of diseases and illnesses.
Potions, Remedies, and Old Wives' Tales
Author: William Waldo Bauer
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Category : Traditional medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Traditional medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Tradition and Medicine in Malaysia
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Category : Folk medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Approximately 600 references to books and journal articles. "Inclusion in this bibliography is based on their pertinence to the traditional or indigenous form of medical systems practiced by the various races." Alphabetical listing by authors. Each entry gives bibliographical information. Contains a list of sources, journals cited, definitive bibliography, supplement to bibliography, and subject index.
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Category : Folk medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Approximately 600 references to books and journal articles. "Inclusion in this bibliography is based on their pertinence to the traditional or indigenous form of medical systems practiced by the various races." Alphabetical listing by authors. Each entry gives bibliographical information. Contains a list of sources, journals cited, definitive bibliography, supplement to bibliography, and subject index.
Superstitions Old and New and Forgotten Folk Remedies
Author: B.C. Harpole
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Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine
Author: Gabrielle Hatfield
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078256
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places. Informative and engaging, yet authoritative and well researched, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine reveals previously unexamined connections between folk medicine practices on either side of the Atlantic, as well as within different cultures (Celtic, Native American, etc.) in the United Kingdom and America. For students, school and public libraries, folklorists, anthropologists, or anyone interested in the history of medicine, it offers a unique way to explore the fascinating crossroads where social history, folk culture, and medical science meet. From the 17th century to the present, the encyclopedia covers remedies from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources, as well as practices combining natural materia medica with rituals. Its over 200 alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced entries allow readers to look up information both by ailment and by healing agent. Entries present both British and North American traditions side by side for easy comparison and identify the surprising number of overlaps between folk and scientific medicine.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078256
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places. Informative and engaging, yet authoritative and well researched, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine reveals previously unexamined connections between folk medicine practices on either side of the Atlantic, as well as within different cultures (Celtic, Native American, etc.) in the United Kingdom and America. For students, school and public libraries, folklorists, anthropologists, or anyone interested in the history of medicine, it offers a unique way to explore the fascinating crossroads where social history, folk culture, and medical science meet. From the 17th century to the present, the encyclopedia covers remedies from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources, as well as practices combining natural materia medica with rituals. Its over 200 alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced entries allow readers to look up information both by ailment and by healing agent. Entries present both British and North American traditions side by side for easy comparison and identify the surprising number of overlaps between folk and scientific medicine.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Author: Anne Fadiman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374533407
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374533407
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child.
Diversity
Author: E Stanford
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351853503
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Containing ideas and perspectives, this monograph examines the evolutionary and future considerations for diversity in aging.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351853503
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Containing ideas and perspectives, this monograph examines the evolutionary and future considerations for diversity in aging.
Handbook of American Folklore
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203731
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203731
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Medical Folklore
Author: Carol Ann Rinzler
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Category : Medicine, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Medicine, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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