Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia

Name: Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
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ISBN: 9780807854938

ISBN-10: 080785493X

ISBN-13: 9780807854938

Edition: 2003

Authors: Anthony Cavender

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In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beliefs and practices. He investigates folk healers and their methods, profiling three living practitioners: an herbalist, a faith healer, and a Native American healer. The book also includes an appendix of botanicals and a glossary…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: An Overview of Folk Medicine Research in Southern Appalachia



Health and Disease in Southern Appalachia



The Folk Medical Belief System



Folk Materia Medica



Folk Treatments



Folk Healers



Contemporary Perspectives on Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia


App. A: Archival and Manuscript Sources


App. B: Frequently Mentioned Medicinal Plants in Sources


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index