家で病気を治した時代
Subtitle: Shōwa no katei kango
By: Koizumi Kazuko hencho
Series: Hyaku no chie sōsho -- 015
Publisher: Nōsan Gyoson Bunka Kyōkai
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9784540040832
Subjects: Hygiene; Childbirth at home -- Japan; Care of the sick -- Japan; Home care services -- Japan
Other titles: Ie de byōki o naoshita jidai
Description: Nursing at home was a very common practice in Showa era, before World War II almost every home had ice pillows, ice bags thermometers, inhalers and enema tubes. They had extensive knowledge of folk remedy. Once someone in the family got sick they cooperated, took care of the sick and fought the disease. It was the era people keenly realized the preciousness of life and the difficulty of protecting life by facing life and death at home. What could we learn from the era when people confronted illness, life and death as their own?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-167).