Home medicine : the Newfoundland experience / John K. Crellin.
Home medicine : the Newfoundland experience / John K. Crellin.
By
:
Crellin, J. K.
Publication Date
:
1994
Publication Information
:
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Volume
:
v. 1
Physical Description
:
280 p.
Subject Term
:
Traditional medicine -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Series
:
MCGILL-QUEEN'S/HANNAH INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND SOCIETY ;
MCGILL-QUEEN'S/HANNAH INSTITUTE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY ;
Summary
:
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. His extensive use of oral and written commentary gives the book a personal dimension that adds to its charm. Home Medicine will appeal to those interested in alternative medicine, folklore, and Atlantic Canada, and to medical and social historians.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780773511972
9780773511965
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy |
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Bay St. George South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL Ref | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference | 615.882 C86 | |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Greenspond | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. George's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Non-Fiction NL - Basement Overflow | 615.882 C86 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 615.882 C86 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 615.882 C86 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 615.882 C86 | hc |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 615.882 C86 | sc |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Trinity Bay North | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Victoria | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Winterton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |
Woody Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 615.882 C86 | |