Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience Volume 1

John Crellin assesses popular home remedies from amulets to Zam-Buk ointment, revealing traditional - often ingenious - ways of coping with common health problems. Home Medicine is both a comprehensive reference to folk cures and self-treatment and a social history of pharmaceutical practices and products in Newfoundland.

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John K. Crellin

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John Crellin assesses popular home remedies from amulets to Zam-Buk ointment, revealing traditional - often ingenious - ways of coping with common health problems. Home Medicine is both a comprehensive reference to folk cures and self-treatment and a social history of pharmaceutical practices and products in Newfoundland.

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• Autori: J. K. Crellin, John K. Crellin
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.1994
• EAN: 9780773511972
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-1197-2
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 399 g
• Serie: McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institut; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, H; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, H; McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institut; McGill-Queen's/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medic; McGill-Queen's/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society; McGill-Queen's/Ams Healthcare
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Salute