Wendell Campbell Trent

Colossus of Folk Medicine Wendell Campbell Trent

From antiquity to present, from 'acne' to 'zinc', and from throughout the world, this comprehensive encyclopedia presents many of the known folk medicine 'cures'. Included are Amish, Appalachian, Biblical, Colonial Virginia, Confederate Civil War, Midwestern, Native American, Southern, Pioneer, and Southern Illinois remedies. Few human conditions and remedies are excluded. Special collections cover honey, oil and vinegar, garlic, salt, soda, and cancer herbal treatments. This concise text, arguably, contains more folk remedies than any comparable book published currently, or in the past half-century.