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Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region, 1880-2000
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Karol K. Weaver |
While much has been written about immigrant traditions, music, food culture, folklore, and other aspects of ethnic identity, little attention has been given to the study of medical culture, until now… |
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Listen for Rachel
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Lou Kassem |
Moving up into the mountains of Tennessee introduces Rachel to a possible calling, as she learns about folk medicine from a local healer, until the Civil War divides the family loyalties and brings r… |
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Traditional medicine
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Steven B. Kayne |
This is a contributed text on traditional medicines throughout the world. Over one-third of the population in developing countries lack access to essential medicines. The provision of safe and effect… |
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Fluent bodies
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Jean M. Langford |
Fluent Bodies examines the modernization of the indigenous healing practice, Ayurveda, in India. Combining contemporary ethnography with a study of key historical moments as glimpsed through early-tw… |
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Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America
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James A. Duke |
Green pharmacy |
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Herbal cures
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D. A. Patil |
In Indian context. |
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Lechenie zabolevaniĭ nervnoĭ sistemy
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Vladimir Ėtkin |
Alternative popular treatment of diseases of nervous system and mental disorders. |
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Medicines from nature
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Peggy Thomas |
Discusses how we have learned from traditional healers around the world about the medicinal value of substances from nature. |
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Folk medicine
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D. C. Jarvis |
Folk medicine including the use of Apple Cider Vinegar |
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Dandelion, pokeweed, and goosefoot
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Elizabeth Schaeffer |
Describes the various plants used by the early settlers as food and medicine and includes recipes as well as instructions for making a garden, pressing plants, and dyeing cloth. |
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Knowledge of illness in a Sepik society
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Gilbert Lewis |
Illness is a matter of concern in every society. Social responses to it depend both on the nature of the illness and on cultural interpretation of its significance. This study of the occurrence, reco… |
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Medical geography of Indian tribes
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S. K Tiwari |
Study with particular reference to Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. |
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