Southern folk medicine, 1750-1820 /
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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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Columbia, S.C. :
University of South Carolina Press,
©1999.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=51041 |
| 總結: | 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. |
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| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| 參考書目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0585334080 9780585334080 9781570032899 1570032890 |