UPC: 9781576078747 | Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions (Hardcover)
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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.
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