MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE.
by Camp, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear to dj)/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0800850467
- ISBN 13
- 9780800850463
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Taplinger Publishing Company,, (1974). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear to dj). First printing. From the dust jacket: "Whatever reason is given for being ill, a vast body of preventive and therapeutic folk medicine and practice has evolved through the centuries. Many of these 'cures' have a surprisingly scientific basis, and, in the light of modern knowledge, are far more efficacious than might be imagined from the beliefs on which they are founded. This fascinating book examine folk medicine from many countries, traces its origins and development and describes its surprising survival into this scientific and computerized age." Illustrated, bibliography, index. 192 pp.
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- 75108
- Title
- MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE.
- Author
- Camp, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear to dj)
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0800850467
- ISBN 13
- 9780800850463
- Publisher
- Taplinger Publishing Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1974)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ethnobotany;
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