Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels Paperback – September 15, 1998 Author: Visit Amazon's Robert S. Root-Bernstein Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0395924928 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Eating clay, drinking urine, applying honey to deep wounds and mere plaster to crushed bones: these are all folk remedies for ailments, passed on through the generations and thoroughly discounted by modern science. It is too bad, write scientist-historian couple Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein, who deplore the loss of proven methods developed without the blessing of the academy, noting that "formal academic systems are only one of many ways in which knowledge is discovered, accumulated, and transmitted." Many scientists are now coming to agree with this view, they write in this fascinating collection of case studies. Researchers have showed that black tea, for instance, has powerful antibiotic properties and that maggots do an extraordinary job of cleaning wounds--as traditional healers have known all along.
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The title of this informative and stimulating book suggests that medical cures often lie closer to natural and folk treatment than we sometimes like to admit. The authors, a professor of physiology and a historian, respectively, examine such time-honored methods as bloodletting, clay ingestion, and urine and saliva therapy, concluding that such remedies may still have their virtues and even a place in certain situations. The Root-Bernsteins discuss little-known therapies such as "biotherapy" (the use of maggots to treat gangrene) and geopharmacy (the purposeful eating of dirt) and in an excellent chapter tell how we have come "full circle" in our country's attitudes on circumcision. While making the point that no mainstream or alternative remedy is ever a panacea for anything, the authors conclude that "a multicultural world...can no longer think in simplistic terms of merely transferring Western medical technology to the rest of the world." Highly recommended for medical, academic, and public libraries because of its balanced viewpoint and readable style.?Natalie Kupferberg, Arizona State Univ. West, Phoenix
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- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Mariner Books; 1 edition (September 15, 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0395924928
- ISBN-13: 978-0395924921
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,399,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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