Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (McGill-Queen’s/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) (Volume 1) - Hardcover

Crellin, John K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773511962 ISBN 13: 9780773511965

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Based on material from the Folklore Archives at Memorial University as well as other sources, Crellin's catalogue includes such topics as abortion, baldness and hair preparations, blood-letting, cancer, drunkenness, female complaints, Gin Pills, herbs, midwifery and childbirth, Newfoundland stomach, poultices, prepared cures, rheumatism and arthritis, and tonics. Looking at the interplay between mainstream physicians and alternative treatments, and the effect of folk beliefs on today's self-care practices, Crellin examines how the advent of modern medicine has affected self-treatment. His extensive use of oral and written commentary gives the book a personal dimension that adds to its charm. Home Medicine will appeal to those interested in alternative medicine, folklore, and Atlantic Canada, and to medical and social historians.

About this title

About the Author:

Med, Memorial

Review:

"Home Medicine makes an important contribution to Canadian medical history, which to date has concentrated on institutional, therapeutic, and professional advances and which all too often trivializes the non-professional approach." Michael Smith, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0773511962
• ISBN 13: 9780773511965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288