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Feed a cold, starve a fever : a dictionary of medical folklore
Record details
- ISBN: 9780816023943 (alk. paper) :
- ISBN: 0816023948 (alk. paper) :
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: Rev. and expanded.
- Publisher: New York : Facts on File, c1991.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Rev. ed. of: The dictionary of medical folklore. c1979. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Medicine, Popular -- Dictionaries Traditional medicine -- Dictionaries Medical misconceptions -- Dictionaries |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hazelton Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Hazelton Public Library | 398.353 (Text) | T 0008266 | Adult Non-Fiction - Main Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Tells the truth about over six hundred tidbits of medical folklore, dealing with everything from acne to x-rays - Book News
New edition of The dictionary of medical folklore (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979). A compendium of trues and falses with brief explanations, arranged alphabetically by symptom, condition, substance, or procedure (e.g. choking, circumcision, coffee, colds). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
