Bill Wannan’s Folk Medicine

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"A Miscellany of Old Cures and Remedies, Superstitions, and Old Wives’ Tales Having Particular Reference to Australia and the British Isles."

Author(s): WANNAN, William
Edition: Fontana Books, London, UK, 1972
Publisher: Hill of Content Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd
Year: 1970

Language: English
Commentary: More comedic than practically useful.
Pages: 176
City: Melbourne, AUS
Tags: Aboriginal, ailment, anatomy, Australia, Barcoo, British Isles, bushlore, colour-cure, custom, diagnosis, diet, folklore, herbalism, intuition, Jarvis, medicine, Outback, physician, physiology, plant, potion, prognostication, quack, superstition, remedy, symbolism, tonic, vaccination, old wives’ tales

Front Cover......Page 1
Short Title and Summary......Page 2
Linecut image: Medical Hall......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Printer's Imprint......Page 5
Reference Guide to Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Quotations......Page 13
Disclaimer......Page 14
A Personal Preface......Page 16
Aborigines and Folk Medicine......Page 22
Abscesses......Page 26
Accidents in the Bush......Page 27
Ague......Page 30
Apples......Page 32
Asthma......Page 33
Barcoo Rot......Page 34
Bed Wetting......Page 35
Belyando Spew......Page 36
Bites and Stings......Page 37
Bleeding......Page 42
Boils......Page 44
Bruises......Page 46
Burns and Scalds......Page 48
Cancer......Page 49
Cats......Page 51
Chest Ailments......Page 53
Chilblains......Page 54
Colds......Page 55
Colic......Page 56
Colours and Folk Medicine......Page 58
Contagion......Page 59
Copper......Page 61
Coral......Page 62
Corns......Page 63
Coughs......Page 65
Cowdung......Page 66
Cramp......Page 67
Diarrhoea......Page 69
Dropsy......Page 70
Dysentry......Page 72
The Ears......Page 73
Eczema......Page 74
Epilepsy......Page 75
The Eyes......Page 77
Eucalyptus......Page 81
The Face......Page 82
Fatness and Over-Weight......Page 83
The Feet......Page 84
Garlic......Page 85
Goanna Oil......Page 86
Gout......Page 87
The Hair......Page 88
The Hands......Page 91
Headache......Page 94
Hiccup......Page 96
Insanity......Page 97
Kerosene......Page 98
Liniments......Page 99
Lockjaw......Page 100
Longevity and Ageing......Page 101
Measles......Page 102
Moles (Human)......Page 103
Neuralgia......Page 104
The Nose......Page 105
Nutmeg......Page 107
Ointments and Salves......Page 108
Old Wives' Tales.........Page 109
Onions......Page 117
Opium and Tinctures Thereof......Page 118
Oysters......Page 121
Parsley......Page 122
Patent Medicines......Page 123
Poultices......Page 126
Quacks and 'Pseudo Physicians'......Page 128
Rheumatism......Page 138
Rings and Folklore......Page 141
Seaweed......Page 143
Sleep......Page 144
Smallpox......Page 145
Spiders and Cobweb......Page 147
Spitting......Page 148
Stitch......Page 149
Sulphur......Page 150
Sunstroke Precaution......Page 151
The Teeth......Page 152
The Throat......Page 154
Thumb Sucking......Page 156
Thrush......Page 157
Tobacco......Page 158
Tonics......Page 160
Urine......Page 163
Veterinary Preparations and Humans......Page 164
Warts......Page 166
Whooping-Cough......Page 170
Worms......Page 173
Youth (Perpetual)......Page 174
Rear Cover......Page 176