Ireland's hidden medicine : an exploration of Irish indigenous medicine from legend and myth to the present day
Record details
- ISBN: 9781913504977 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: Lewes : Aeon Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. What is medicine? -- The biomedical model -- The indigenous model -- Plant medicine -- Physical manipulation -- Charms, prayers, and rituals -- Chapter 2. History of irish indigenous medicine -- Legend and myth -- Hospitals and physicians -- Medicinal baths -- Humour and expertise -- Déin Chécht's jealousy -- Music and chanting for healing -- The earliest Irish physicians -- The coming of Christianity -- More factual accounts -- Legal tracts -- Hindu-celtic connection -- Diet and nursing care -- Medical manuscripts -- Medical families -- Herbals through the centuries -- 18th-20th centuries -- National Folklore collection -- Chapter 3. Change and decline -- A changing worldview -- Famine: the great hunger -- A national system of primary education -- The Roman Catholic Church -- Economic progress -- Social hegemony -- Chapter 4. Utilising Irish indigenous medicine today -- Spring -- Imbolc/St. Brigid -- St Brigid's flower -- St Patrick's day -- Easter -- Valuable food and plants in spring -- Summer -- Bealtaine/May 1st -- St John's eve, June 23rd -- Valuable food and plants in summer -- Autumn -- Lughnasa -- Reek Sunday -- Puck fair -- Valuable food and plants in autumn -- Harvesting marshmallow -- Winter -- Halloween -- Valuable food and plants in winter -- Christmas -- January -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Subject: | Irish -- Medicine Traditional medicine -- Ireland |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | RM 122.5 .K564 2021 (Text)
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