Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 6, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 1, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371459
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371459
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 3, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371473
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371473
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 4, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371480
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371480
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 5, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 112, no. 2, 1968)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 113, No. 6, 1969)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371442
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371442
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 114, No. 6, 1970)
Author:
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422371381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Magical Medicine
Author: Wayland D. Hand
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520311779
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"Distilling baby's first tear into the eye of a blind man to make him see"; "Plucking herbs upward for emetics and downward for purgatives"; "Stroking one's goiter with a dead man's hand to make the growth shrivel away"--these are not beliefs and customs found among primitive peoples in remote parts of the world but are examples of hundreds of items of magical medicine found in Professor Hand's remarkable collection of essays dealing with this neglected field in twentieth-century Europe and America. Fantasy and imagination still have free reign in people's lives, more than any of us will admit. In a time when science is preeminent, irrational thinking ca lay hold on the mid of man as much as in olden times. Folk medicine has expanded in recent years to include holistic medicine and other forms of alternative medicine, but little attention has been paid to magical medicine. Despite the benefits of medical science in an advance culture, the magical medicine of Europe and America has clung to an unusually rich and original body of magical lore that lies at the base of its folk medical thought. Ethnomedicine in the inner cities of America can be better understood by practitioners who know something about folk medicine and, especially, if they kno some of the basics of magical medicine. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520311779
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"Distilling baby's first tear into the eye of a blind man to make him see"; "Plucking herbs upward for emetics and downward for purgatives"; "Stroking one's goiter with a dead man's hand to make the growth shrivel away"--these are not beliefs and customs found among primitive peoples in remote parts of the world but are examples of hundreds of items of magical medicine found in Professor Hand's remarkable collection of essays dealing with this neglected field in twentieth-century Europe and America. Fantasy and imagination still have free reign in people's lives, more than any of us will admit. In a time when science is preeminent, irrational thinking ca lay hold on the mid of man as much as in olden times. Folk medicine has expanded in recent years to include holistic medicine and other forms of alternative medicine, but little attention has been paid to magical medicine. Despite the benefits of medical science in an advance culture, the magical medicine of Europe and America has clung to an unusually rich and original body of magical lore that lies at the base of its folk medical thought. Ethnomedicine in the inner cities of America can be better understood by practitioners who know something about folk medicine and, especially, if they kno some of the basics of magical medicine. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Athenian Vase Construction
Author: Toby Schreiber
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892364653
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Based on her study of Greek pottery sherds and vases and on her profound hands-on knowledge of pottery construction techniques, including experiments with the potting of Attic shapes, Toby Schreiber describes how ancient Greek potters constructed their vases. Drawn in large part from vases and fragments in the collection of the Getty Museum, the many photographs that accompany the text show how much even seemingly insignificant sherds may reveal about technique when studied by someone knowledgeable about potting. The drawings - all done by the author - demonstrate step by step with admirable clarity how the potter executed his craft. Written by a master potter, this is a book both for those who know little or nothing about potting techniques and for those who already have an understanding of these matters.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892364653
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Based on her study of Greek pottery sherds and vases and on her profound hands-on knowledge of pottery construction techniques, including experiments with the potting of Attic shapes, Toby Schreiber describes how ancient Greek potters constructed their vases. Drawn in large part from vases and fragments in the collection of the Getty Museum, the many photographs that accompany the text show how much even seemingly insignificant sherds may reveal about technique when studied by someone knowledgeable about potting. The drawings - all done by the author - demonstrate step by step with admirable clarity how the potter executed his craft. Written by a master potter, this is a book both for those who know little or nothing about potting techniques and for those who already have an understanding of these matters.