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The author "inventories the medical ingredients and practices adopted by physicians, herb women, yeoman farmers, plantation mistresses, merchants, tradesmen, preachers, and quacks alike ... [and] shows how families passed down cures as heirlooms, how remedies crossed cultural and ethnic boundar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moss, Kay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Traditional medicine > Southern States > History.
Traditional medicine > Southern States > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Medicine, Popular > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Folklore > Southern States.
Folklore.
Medicine, Traditional > history
Folklore
Formularies as Topic
Médecine traditionnelle > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Médecine traditionnelle > États-Unis (Sud) > Formules et recettes.
Médecine traditionnelle > États-Unis (Sud) > Formules et recettes > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Folklore > États-Unis (Sud)
Médecine > Ouvrages de vulgarisation > Formules et recettes.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
Manners and customs.
Medicine, Popular.
Traditional medicine.
Southern States > Social life and customs.
Southeastern United States
États-Unis (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Southern States.
History.
Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author "inventories the medical ingredients and practices adopted by physicians, herb women, yeoman farmers, plantation mistresses, merchants, tradesmen, preachers, and quacks alike ... [and] shows how families passed down cures as heirlooms, how remedies crossed cultural and ethnic boundaries, and how domestic healers compounded native herbs and plants with exotic ingredients."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and indexes.
ISBN:0585334080
9780585334080
9781570032899
1570032890

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