Download or read book Superstitions and Folk Remedies written by Charles Dillon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-03-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the superstitions and folk beliefs in the book are outside of present-day knowledge and science. There were charms against witches and devils, who were entities to be feared. There are legends which describe superstitions about the cosmos and daily life. Others identify and describe the plants and animals used in remedies for diseases and illnesses. Many superstitions that were believed are now considered to be false. Some of the so-called cures can be attributed to psychosomatic illnesses and diseases.
Download or read book Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans written by Ammon Monroe Aurand and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A part of the Duke Medical Center Library History of Medicine Ephemera Collection.
Download or read book Superstition in Medicine written by Hugo Magnus and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstition in Medicine is a book by Hugo Magnus. It examines in detail what superstition in medicine is, its roots and causes and provides a remedy against dogma usually caused by theological misinterpretation.
Download or read book Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans Classic Reprint written by Ammon Monroe Aurand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans But somewhere in the back of my mind. Or perhaps we had better say somewhere in the back of my emo tions, I have a feeling that superstition is the mother of science. I am not at all dogmatic about this and am willing to modify it to say some superstitions are the mother of science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Remedies and Rituals written by Kathleen Stokker and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at home and in the New Land.
Download or read book Magical Medicine written by Wayland D. Hand and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Distilling baby's first tear into the eye of a blind man to make him see"; "Plucking herbs upward for emetics and downward for purgatives"; "Stroking one's goiter with a dead man's hand to make the growth shrivel away"--these are not beliefs and customs found among primitive peoples in remote parts of the world but are examples of hundreds of items of magical medicine found in Professor Hand's remarkable collection of essays dealing with this neglected field in twentieth-century Europe and America. Fantasy and imagination still have free reign in people's lives, more than any of us will admit. In a time when science is preeminent, irrational thinking ca lay hold on the mid of man as much as in olden times. Folk medicine has expanded in recent years to include holistic medicine and other forms of alternative medicine, but little attention has been paid to magical medicine. Despite the benefits of medical science in an advance culture, the magical medicine of Europe and America has clung to an unusually rich and original body of magical lore that lies at the base of its folk medical thought. Ethnomedicine in the inner cities of America can be better understood by practitioners who know something about folk medicine and, especially, if they kno some of the basics of magical medicine. 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 1980.
Download or read book Popular medicine customs and superstitions of the Rio Grande written by John Gregory Bourke and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author was a serving soldier in command of the Fort at Ringgold Texas. During his time there he interviewed many Mexicans and the book is composed of the information thus derived. He is anxious to point out that though translated, the meaning and truth of their information have not been lost.
Download or read book Folk medicine written by William George Black and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Superstitions written by Edwin Radford and published by Philosophical Library. This book was released on 1949 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You'll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. This collection will be a staple in your library for years and generations to come. Edwin and Mona A. Radford were a British husband and wife writing team who published prolifically from the 1940s through 1970s. They were known for their murder-mystery series of novels about the fictional Inspector Manson.
Download or read book Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia written by Anthony Cavender and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beliefs and practices. He investigates folk healers and their methods, profiling three living practitioners: an herbalist, a faith healer, and a Native American healer. The book also includes an appendix of botanicals and a glossary of folk medical terms. Demonstrating the ongoing interplay between mainstream scientific medicine and folk medicine, Cavender challenges the conventional view of southern Appalachia as an exceptional region isolated from outside contact. His thorough and accessible study reveals how Appalachian folk medicine encompasses such diverse and important influences as European and Native American culture and America's changing medical and health-care environment. In doing so, he offers a compelling representation of the cultural history of the region as seen through its health practices.
Download or read book Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans by A Monroe Aurand Jr Foreword by Logan Clendening written by A Monroe (Ammon Monroe) 189 Aurand and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Cure Craft written by Keith Souter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of folk medicine, meant to be a book for people to use.
Download or read book Bill Wannan s Folk Medicine written by Bill Wannan and published by Fontana Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jewish Magic and Superstition written by Joshua Trachtenberg and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the experience and history of the Jewish people without attempting to recover their folklife and beliefs from centuries past. Jewish Magic and Superstition is a masterful and utterly fascinating exploration of religious forms that have all but disappeared yet persist in the imagination. The volume begins with legends of Jewish sorcery and proceeds to discuss beliefs about the evil eye, spirits of the dead, powers of good, the famous legend of the golem, procedures for casting spells, the use of gems and amulets, how to battle spirits, the ritual of circumcision, herbal folk remedies, fortune telling, astrology, and the interpretation of dreams. First published more than sixty years ago, Trachtenberg's study remains the foundational scholarship on magical practices in the Jewish world and offers an understanding of folk beliefs that expressed most eloquently the everyday religion of the Jewish people.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Superstitions written by Edwin Radford and published by London : Hutchinson. This book was released on 1961 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the expert investigation of the human will to believe, we recommend "The Encyclopedia of Superstitions.""--The New York Times Do you avoid walking under a ladder, or touch wood to ward off misfortune? It may not be logical, but underlying these irrational beliefs are centuries of long-forgotten ways of thought--and many affect us still. This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of hundreds of superstitions, and many of the entries read like short stories in themselves. Here are the charms once in daily use in dairy and kitchen; spells used by witches--and against them; fairy lore and legend; folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. You'll discover why it's unlucky in some countries for a person to reveal his age; why ships have long been fitted with figureheads; why lettuce was believed to possess magical properties; and why a child born after its father's death was said to have healing powers. This is truly a collection to muse over...but expect an occasional chill down the spine.
Download or read book Potions Remedies and Old Wives Tales written by William Waldo Bauer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclop dia of Superstitions written by Edwin Radford and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1949 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You'll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. This collection will be a staple in your library for years and generations to come. Edwin and Mona A. Radford were a British husband and wife writing team who published prolifically from the 1940s through 1970s. They were known for their murder-mystery series of novels about the fictional Inspector Manson.
