Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels - The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales by Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein
This book covers remedies from ancient Egypt to the rain forests of contemporary Latin America and challenges the myth that modern clinical practice is the only effective form of medicine. The authors find that modern research often reveals a rational basis for supposedly outdated ideas. Most importantly, an increasing number of physicians, pharmaceutical researchers, and scientists are beginning to recognize the wealth of knowledge that can be retrieved from abandoned practices of earlier eras in Western medicine and from outside the boundaries of Western ideas entirely.
This paperback book is in very good condition with minor imperfections to the cover including an owner’s inscription inside and a crease in the back corner. Pages in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 0395924928 / ISBN 13: 9780395924921
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 1998
