Folk medicine in southern Appalachia / Anthony Cavender
| Author(s): | Cavender, Anthony P |
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| Subjects: | Traditional medicine--Appalachian Region, Southern--History Traditional medicine--Appalachian Region, Southern--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions Medicinal plants--Appalachian Region, Southern Materia medica--Appalachian Region, Southern |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
| LC Classification: | G, GR |
| Table of Contents: | Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: An Overview of Folk Medicine Research in Southern Appalachia 1 1. Health and Disease in Southern Appalachia 11 2. The Folk Medical Belief System 31 3. Folk Materia Medica 55 4. Folk Treatments 79 5. Folk Healers 147 6. Contemporary Perspectives on Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia 175 App. A: Archival and Manuscript Sources 189 App. B: Frequently Mentioned Medicinal Plants in Sources 197 Glossary 203 Notes 207 Bibliography 241 Index 259 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2003010305 ISBN: 0807828246 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN: 080785493X (paper : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-257) and index Contents: Health and disease in southern Appalachia -- The folk medical belief system -- Folk materia medica -- Folk treatments -- Folk healers -- Contemporary perspectives on southern Appalachian folk medicine |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 52208927 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0807828246 080785493X |