Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels : The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales

Root-Bernstein, Michele, Root-Bernstein, Robert Scott

ISBN 10: 0330373781 / ISBN 13: 9780330373784

Verlag: Pan Macmillan, 2000

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 56215832-20

Inhaltsangabe:

Many modern medical practices began as old wives' tales or folk remedies. "Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels" investigates a multicultural variety of age-old remedies often dismissed by 20th-century Western medicine as harmful or foolish but now shown to have real scientific validity. This book calls upon the medical establishment to open itself up to the possiblities of alternative therapies - remedies that have stood the test of time precisely because they work. The age of leeching is long gone, yet tens of thousands of leeches are used each year to re-establish blood flow following reconstructive surgery. Maggots have accidentally cleaned wounds for centuries. Now doctors use them on purpose to heal gangerous sores that are resistant to modern medicine. Honey is one of the oldest medicines in the world. In some modern hospitals it is used to heal wounds that even the best antibiotics and antiseptics cannot treat.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical ...
Verlag: Pan Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good