Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia Book

Name: Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia, , Folk Medicine in Southern
Brand: University Press
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Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
Written by author Anthony Cavender
Published by University of North Carolina Press, The, December 2003
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

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Overview of Folk Medicine Research in Southern Appalachia 1
1 Health and Disease in Southern Appalachia 11
2 The Folk Medical Belief System 31
3 Folk Materia Medica 55
4 Folk Treatments 79
5 Folk Healers 147
6 Contemporary Perspectives on Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia 175
App. A: Archival and Manuscript Sources 189
App. B: Frequently Mentioned Medicinal Plants in Sources 197
Glossary 203
Notes 207
Bibliography 241
Index 259

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Very informative. Traditional medicine does not always work for me so I am always on the look out for alternatives. I gleaned a few new ideas but many of these I had already learned as a child in the hills of Kentucky.

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	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: An Overview of Folk Medicine Research in Southern Appalachia	1
1	Health and Disease in Southern Appalachia	11
2	The Folk Medical Belief System	31
3	Folk Materia Medica	55
4	Folk Treatments	79
5	Folk Healers	147
6	Contemporary Perspectives on Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia	175
	App. A: Archival and Manuscript Sources	189
	App. B: Frequently Mentioned Medicinal Plants in Sources	197
	Glossary	203
	Notes	207
	Bibliography	241
	Index	259