Research Catalog
Magic, myth and medicine
- Title
- Magic, myth and medicine [by] John Camp.
- Author
- Camp, John, 1915-1990.
- Publication
- New York, Taplinger Pub. Co. [1974, ©1973]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | R133.C25 1974 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 192 pages illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Medical misconceptions
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
- Traditional medicine
- Quacks and quackery
- Superstition
- Magic
- Folklore
- Superstitions
- Quackery
- Magic
- Folklore
- Medicine, Traditional
- illusion (performing art)
- traditional medicine
- folklore (culture-related concept)
- magic (occult science)
- Superstition
- Medical misconceptions
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
- Quacks and quackery
- Traditional medicine
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 185-187.
- Contents
- The instinct for survival -- Fertility and birth -- Contraception and abortion -- Folklore of infancy -- Household cures and self-medication -- Herbal remedies -- Quacks and their cures -- Faith and healing -- Sickness and superstition -- Fringe medicine -- Taking the cure -- Death and superstition.
- ISBN
- 0800850467
- 9780800850463
- LCCN
- 73018793
- OCLC
- ocm00997140
- 997140
- SCSB-112390
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library