Remedies and Rituals
Subtitle: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: March 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780873515764
Subjects: Complementary Medicine; Folklore; History of specific subjects; Social Science; Psychology; Sociology; Norway; USA; Europe - Scandinavia; Folklore & Mythology; Psychotherapy - General; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Alternative medicine; History; Medicine, Traditional; Traditional medicine
Description: Combing hundreds of original documents and first-hand accounts, the author has created a reference to healing techniques used by rural Norwegians for centuries. Besides older historical data, this book offers a chapter that features home remedies remembered by midwestern Norwegian Americans in the 20th century.