"American Folk Medicine" is based on authentic sources, including medicinal recipes handed down through individual families, and recipes dug out of out-of-print medical texts, home encyclopedias and cookbooks. Arranged alphabetically according to ailment, the remedies are used to treat everything from asthma, flu and cramps to bed-wetting, weight reduction and warts. This is the most complete collection ever published on the subject.
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"A delightful book.... Mr. Meyer points out how folk medicine survives, even in light of highly sophisticated medical progress." -- Lester L. Coleman, M.D., King Features Syndicate, Inc.
"Recommended! It gives us the gutsy flavor of the American folk medicine tradition." -- The Library Journal
"Recommended! It gives us the gutsy flavor of the American folk medicine tradition." -- The Library Journal
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Clarence Meyer (1903-1997) was a life-long herbalist and the author, compiler and illustrator of seven books.
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In 1721, Boston, which was then nearly 100 years old, had only one European-graduated doctor practicing in the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
horehound herb, boneset herb, scullcap herb, columbo root, cranesbill root, white poplar bark, mayapple root, motherwort herb, golden seal root, take wineglassful, anoint the part, slipper root, blue flag root, strong decoction, gum guaiacum, skunk cabbage root, spikenard root, bistort root, lobelia herb, powdered slippery elm bark, black cherry bark, yarrow herb, catnip herb, wormwood herb, yellow dock root Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Elias Smith, New England, New York, Samuel Thomson, West India, Aunt Prudie, New World, Practical Housekeeping, The American Family Receipt Book, Rocky Mountain, West Indies New!
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In 1721, Boston, which was then nearly 100 years old, had only one European-graduated doctor practicing in the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
horehound herb, boneset herb, scullcap herb, columbo root, cranesbill root, white poplar bark, mayapple root, motherwort herb, golden seal root, take wineglassful, anoint the part, slipper root, blue flag root, strong decoction, gum guaiacum, skunk cabbage root, spikenard root, bistort root, lobelia herb, powdered slippery elm bark, black cherry bark, yarrow herb, catnip herb, wormwood herb, yellow dock root Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Elias Smith, New England, New York, Samuel Thomson, West India, Aunt Prudie, New World, Practical Housekeeping, The American Family Receipt Book, Rocky Mountain, West Indies New!
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- The Cook Book by Terence and Caroline Conran in Back Matter
- Customs and Fashions in Old New England (Tut Books. S) by Alice Morse Earle on page 2
- Old Ways Rediscovered by Clarence Meyer in Front Matter
- American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to Plants Indigeous to and Naturalized in the United States Which Are Used in Medicine by Charles F. Millspaugh on page 21
- Our Home (Under the Microscope) by Casey Horton in Back Matter
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- No More Kidney Stones by John S. Rodman MD on page 72, and Back Matter
- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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