A compendium of remedies and cures handed down from mother to daughter from the beginning of time, this work presents a challenge to orthodox medicine and a history of female wisdom which goes back to the earliest times. What are old wives' tales? Where do they come from? It answers these questions, and more.
ISBN: | 9780752458090 |
Publication date: | 1st September 2010 |
Author: | Mary Chamberlain |
Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 240 pages |
Genres: |
Traditional medicine and herbal remedies Popular medicine and health |