John K. Crellin
Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health and Society
Copyright Date: 1994
Published
by: McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages: 288
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt819cq
Book Description:
Based on material from the Folklore Archives at Memorial University as well as other sources, Crellin's catalogue includes such topics as abortion, baldness and hair preparations, blood-letting, cancer, drunkenness, female complaints, Gin Pills, herbs, midwifery and childbirth, Newfoundland stomach, poultices, prepared cures, rheumatism and arthritis, and tonics. Looking at the interplay between mainstream physicians and alternative treatments, and the effect of folk beliefs on today's self-care practices, Crellin examines how the advent of modern medicine has affected self-treatment.
eISBN: 978-0-7735-6478-7
Subjects: Health Sciences