{"product_id":"home-medicine-the-newfoundland-experience-paperback","title":"Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Crellin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Crellin assesses popular home remedies from amulets to Zam-Buk ointment, revealing traditional - often ingenious - ways of coping with common health problems. \u003ci\u003eHome Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is both a comprehensive reference to folk cures and self-treatment and a social history of pharmaceutical practices and products in Newfoundland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis extensive use of oral and written commentary gives the book a personal dimension that adds to its charm. \u003ci\u003eHome Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those interested in alternative medicine, folklore, and Atlantic Canada, and to medical and social historians.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.94 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452620615929,"sku":"9780773511972","price":58.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NYOpYeKH8k9780773511972.webp?v=1779955010","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/home-medicine-the-newfoundland-experience-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}