Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780807854938
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; Medical : Alternative Medicine; Medical : History; Social Science / 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.
Description: This study focuses on the folk medical beliefs and practices evident in Southern Appalachia from the 1870s to the 1940s. This chronological framework conforms with the historical depth of the folk medicine sources discussed earlier. Many of the Southern Appalachians from whom information was obtained were members of the older generation when they were interviewed in the 1930s through the 1960s. In many cases, informant recall of the use of folk medicine extends back to the 1870s and earlier. - Publisher.