Remedies and Rituals : Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stokker, Kathleen, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Phytotherapy > history > United States.
Phytotherapy > history > Norway.
Magic > history > United States.
Magic > history > Norway.
History, 19th Century > United States.
History, 19th Century > Norway.
Medicine, Traditional > history > United States.
Medicine, Traditional > history > Norway.
Traditional medicine > Norway > History.
Alternative medicine > Norway > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Healing the people
  • Folk healers and folk cures
  • The pastor as doctor
  • The black book
  • Doctor books
  • Birthing children
  • Rickets remedies and lore
  • Alcohol as medicine and scourge
  • The letting and staunching of blood
  • Remembered remedies.

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