Old Wives' Tales - Chamberlain Mary
Old Wives' Tales - Chamberlain Mary We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken…
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Old Wives' Tales - Chamberlain Mary
We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? For millennia she has been doctor, nurse and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of old wives' tales.Using extensive research into archives and original texts, and numerous conversations with women in city and countryside, Mary Chamberlain presents a stimulating challenge to the history of orthodox medicine and an illuminating survey of female wisdom which goes back to the earliest times. Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labour?The woman healer is as old as history.
Where do they come from? What are old wives' tales? Do they really work?
These questions, and many more, are answered in this fascinating compendium
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