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Herbal and magical medicine : traditional healing today /
Herbal and Magical Medicine draws on perspectives from folklore, anthropology, psychology, medicine, and botany to describe the traditional medical beliefs and practices among Native, Anglo- and African Americans in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. In documenting the vitality of such seemingly u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Herbal and Magical Medicine draws on perspectives from folklore, anthropology, psychology, medicine, and botany to describe the traditional medical beliefs and practices among Native, Anglo- and African Americans in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. In documenting the vitality of such seemingly unusual healing traditions as talking the fire out of burns, wart-curing, blood-stopping, herbal healing, and rootwork, the contributors to this volume demonstrate how the region's folk medical systems operate in tandem with scientific biomedicine. The authors provide illuminating commentary on the ma. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822382584 082238258X 1282919784 9781282919785 9786612919787 6612919787 |