From Blackberries to Fishing Worms 1987 Herbal Medicine Country Doctor Museum

by Willie Jordan Batts

$50 · Offered by eBay

I’m selling this vintage 1987 softcover booklet, From Blackberries to Fishing Worms: Glimpses of Herbal Medicine Toward the End of the Nineteenth Century. It presents favorite formulae of botanical medical practitioner Willie Jordan Batts, written around 1880, with editing by Paul I. Crellin and John K. Crellin. This is a thin Country Doctor Museum publication from Bailey, North Carolina, focused on herbal medicine, Thomsonian medicine, folk remedies, botanical practice, and late 19th century medical formulas. Contents include remedies for coughs, bowel disease, bilious flux, gravel, wounds, ointments, bitters, midwifery, rheumatism, throat issues, and more. Softcover booklet with tan textured wraps. Cover has light handling wear and mild age toning. Interior pages are clean. Binding is intact. Good working copy for a collector, researcher, herbal medicine reader, or North Carolina local history shelf. Author: Willie Jordan Batts; edited by Paul I. Crellin and John K. Crellin Book Title: From Blackberries to Fishing Worms Language: English ISBN: None Topic: Herbal Medicine; Folk Medicine; Thomsonian Medicine; Botanical Medicine; Medical History Publisher: Country Doctor Museum Format: Softcover Narrative Type: Nonfiction Special Features: Illustrated; Vintage booklet; North Carolina local history; historical medical formulae Publication Year: 1987 Signed: No Intended Audience: Adults Vintage: Yes Ex Libris: No Inscribed: No Personalized: No Era: 1980s publication covering lat

• Publisher: Country Doctor Museum
• Year: 1987
• Condition: Fine

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