American Folk Medicine: A Symposium

by Wayland Debs Hand (Editor)

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

347 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Denise Kettering · Rating 3 out of 5]

The content of this book is clearly dated, but still provides some insights into the variety of folk medicine in the U.S. The book shows not only the variety , but also some of the commonalities across different subgroups.