Texas Folk Medicine, 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices / / John Q. Anderson.

Annotation Many of these folk medical practices are older than scientific medicine. Some reflect a belief in magic. Seldom written down, this oral lore has been passed down from generation to generation from the time of the first settlements in this country. Some of these cures and remedies work bec...

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Place / Publishing House:Denton, Texas : : University of North Texas Press,, 1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 91 pages) :; illustrations
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