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Baba's kitchen medicines : folk remedies of Ukrainian settlers in Western Canada / Michael Mucz.
Van Pelt Library GR113.7.U57 M89 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mucz, Michael, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Ukrainian
- Subjects (All):
- Ukrainians--Medicine--Prairie Provinces.
- Ukrainians.
- Traditional medicine--Prairie Provinces.
- Traditional medicine.
- Medicine, Traditional--methods.
- Canada.
- Ukraine--ethnology.
- Ethnobotany--history.
- Herbal Medicine--history.
- Anthropology--history.
- Prairie Provinces.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine, Traditional--methods.
- Canada.
- Ukraine--ethnology.
- Ethnobotany--history.
- Herbal Medicine--history.
- Anthropology--history.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Text chiefly in English. Includes terms and phrases in romanized Ukrainian, as well as Appendix V, a table entitled: Modified Library of Congress (MLC) transliterations of the Ukrainian alphabet into the English alphabet, for terms and phrases used in the text.
- Summary:
- From fever to frostbite, this encyclopedic compilation of tinctures, poultices, salves, decoctions, infusions, plasters, and tonics will fascinate and often mortify readers from all walks of life. Baba's Kitchen Medicines is an incomparable compendium brimming with the cultural memory of Ukrainian settlers from the Canadian prairies.
- The comprehensiveness of Mucz's research, framed with deftly painted historical, cultural and botanical backgrounds, guarantees that this chapter of Canadian folk history will be kept alive for generations to come.
- Baba's Kitchen Medicines is a thorough, charming, and often moving work of anthropology, history, and ethnobotany that will find itself at home on all manner of bookshelves. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Immigration and Settlement 1
- 2 Ancient Healing Practices 9
- 3 Ukrainian Folk Healing Traditions 13
- 4 Healers in Ukrainian Settlements 19
- 5 Homestead Health Concerns 31
- 6 Health Conditions Treated 37
- 7 Homestead Healing Resources 47
- 8 Traditional Healing Practices 77
- 9 Traditional Healing Preparations 97
- 10 Conditions Treated With Home Remedies 121.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780888645142
- 0888645147
- OCLC:
- 691745566
- Publisher Number:
- 99948305715
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