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9780873515764

Remedies and Rituals

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  • ISBN13:

    9780873515764

  • ISBN10:

    0873515765

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-03-01
  • Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

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Summary

Kathleen Stokker culls from hundreds of original documents and first-hand accounts to detail the ingredients, customs, and histories behind natural remedies, potions, whispered spells, and the infamous 'black books' used for centuries by Norway's folk healers. Stokker also illuminates the surprising personalities of those who risked imprisonment and persecution to help fellow Norwegians throughout the nineteenth century, as well as the often reluctant healers in the US who continued to treat immigrants living in rural communities beyond the reach of doctors. Dodging harsh criminal laws championed by formally trained doctors, these rebel practitioners drew on ancient written and oral sources to treat everything from burns, broken bones, and whooping cough to difficult labours and emotional stress.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Healing the Peoplep. 3
Folk Healers and Folk Curesp. 23
The Pastor as Doctorp. 61
The Black Bookp. 75
Doctor Booksp. 105
Birthing Childrenp. 123
Rickets Remedies and Lorep. 155
Alcohol as Medicine and Scourgep. 177
The Letting and Staunching of Bloodp. 201
Remembered Remediesp. 227
Notesp. 243
Glossaryp. 295
Bibliographyp. 297
Indexp. 315
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