Herbal and magical medicine : traditional healing today / edited by James Kirkland [and others].
| Other author | Kirkland, James, 1942- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Durham : Duke University Press, 1997. |
| Copyright Date | ©1992 |
| Description | xi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: a regional approach and multidisciplinary perspective / Holly F. Mathews -- Folk medicine in contemporary America / David J. Hufford -- Traditional healing today: moving beyond stereotypes / Richard Blaustein -- Talking fire out of burns: a magico-religious healing tradition / James Kirkland -- Parallels between magico-religious healing and clinical hypnosis therapy / Robert Sammons -- Doctors and root doctors: patients who use both / Holly F. Mathews -- Rootwork from the clinician's perspective / Peter R. Lichstein -- The cultural epidemiology of spiritual heart trouble / Linda A. Camino -- Herbal medicine among the Lumbee Indians / Edward M. Croom, Jr. -- Childbirth education and traditional beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth / C.W. Sullivan, III -- Aesthetic agency in the folk medical practices and remembrances of North Carolinians / Karen Baldwin. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-233) and index. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Reproduction note | Reprint 1997 Third printing. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Herbal and magical medicine. Durham : Duke University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 9780822312178 |
| ISBN | 0822312174 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WB 50 AN8 H534 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |