A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists
Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
Published: 1831
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13:
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'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine'
Author: Deborah Madden
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-06-29
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9401204950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Wesley’s Primitive Physic (1747) achieved twenty-three editions in his lifetime, ensuring its popular – and controversial – status in eighteenth-century medicine. This is the first full-length study to examine the theological, intellectual and cultural background to one of the period’s most successful medical texts. By exploring Wesley’s work in the context of his theology, ‘A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine’ extends the on-going reconfiguration of the relationship between religion and medicine. Wesley was on a theological mission to recover the primitive purity of the first Christians. Yet the remedies contained within Primitive Physic suggest a pragmatic thinker, whose concern for spiritual health did not prevent him from providing practical assistance to those who needed it. The evolution of Wesley’s thinking also demonstrates some of the struggles he faced as leader of the Methodist movement, such as the way he handled contemporary criticism of Primitive Physic when religious ‘enthusiasm’ was often conflated with medical ‘quackery’. 'A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine' will be of interest not only to medical and literary historians, but to anyone who is interested in the way religion influences medicine.
Primitive Physic, Or, an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
Published: 2015-02-18
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781298232250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Southern Folk Medicine, 1750-1820
Author: Kay K. Moss
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Published: 2021-12-23
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1643362917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores homespun remedies and medicinal herbs Southern Folk Medicine, 1750-1820 explores methods of cure during a time when the South relied more heavily on homespun remedies than on professionally prescribed treatments. Bringing to light several previously unpublished primary sources, Kay K. Moss inventories the medical ingredients and practices adopted by physicians, herb women, yeoman farmers, plantation mistresses, merchants, tradesmen, preachers, and quacks alike. Moss shows how families passed down cures as heirlooms, how remedies crossed cultural and ethnic boundaries, and how domestic healers compounded native herbs and plants with exotic ingredients. Moss assembles her picture of domestic medical practice largely from an analysis of twelve commonplace books—or repositories of information, medical and otherwise—kept by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century southerners. She reveals that men and women of all social classes collected medical guidance and receipts in handwritten journals. Whether well educated or unlettered, many preferred home remedies over treatment by the region's few professional physicians. Of particular interest to natural historians, an extensive guide to medicinal plants, their scientific names, and their traditional uses is also included.
A History of Medicine: Primitive and ancient medicine
Author: Plinio Prioreschi
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 1888456019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHerbal Medicine
Author: Iris F. F. Benzie
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2011-03-28
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 1439807167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe global popularity of herbal supplements and the promise they hold in treating various disease states has caused an unprecedented interest in understanding the molecular basis of the biological activity of traditional remedies. Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects focuses on presenting current scientific evidence of biomolecular ef
Medicine, Magic and Religion
Author: W.H.R. Rivers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1134524544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.
Primitive Physic, Or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases
Author: John Wesley
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019369258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic work on health and wellness offers practical advice on treating common ailments using natural remedies and traditional healing practices. The author, a noted preacher and healer, believed that the body has a natural ability to heal itself, and that many diseases can be cured through diet, exercise, and other non-invasive methods. The book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to improve their health and well-being. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A History of Medicine
Author: Lois N. Magner
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-12-14
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 1138197122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for survey courses in the field A History of Medicine presents a wide-ranging overview for those seeking a solid grounding in the medical history of Western and non-Western cultures. Invaluable to instructors promoting the history of medicine in pre-professional training, and stressing major themes in the history of medicine, this third edition continues to stimulate further exploration of the events, methodologies, and theories that have shaped medical practices in decades past and continue to do so today.
Remedies and Rituals
Author: Kathleen Stokker
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2009-07
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 0873517504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at home and in the New Land.
