Author: Meyer, Clarence

AMERICAN FOLK MEDICINE is based on authentic sources, including medicinal recipes handed down through individual families, and recipes dug out of out-of-print medical textbooks, home encyclopedias and cookbooks. Arranged alphabetically according to ailment, the remedies are used to treat everything from asthma, flu and cramps to bed-wetting, weight reduction and warts. This is the most complete collection ever published on the subject. "Recommended! " The Library Journal declared. "It gives us the gutsy flavor of the American folk-medicine tradition. 312 p., 4-color cover, $9.95