Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780807828243
Subjects: History of medicine; Traditional medicine & remedies; 20th century; 21st century; c 1800 to c 1900; Formulae, receipts, prescripti; Appalachian Region, Southern; Traditional medicine; Health & Fitness; Archaeology / Anthropology; History; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; USA; Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Alternative Medicine; Anthropology - Cultural; Medicinal plants; Alternative Therapies; Folklore & Mythology; General
First sentence: An agrarian existence premised mainly on subsistence agriculture was evident in much of Southern Appalachia well after the onset of industrialization in the 1880s.