The Country Doctor Handbook

The Country Doctor Handbook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2004
Genre: Health
ISBN: 9781932470673

Old-fashioned cures that prevent and reverse pain, obesity, heart disease, cancer diabetes and more. (front cover.).

Country Doctor's Book of Remedies & Cures

Country Doctor's Book of Remedies & Cures
Author: Publications International Ltd. Staff
Publisher: Publications International
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Medicine, Popular
ISBN: 9781412771269

Follow the country doctor's advice to discover dozens of simple, down-home ways to prevent and treat everyday health problems. Save money by using salt water, herbs, and easy lifestyle adjustments, rather than unnatural chemicals, for common ailments. Find out why meat tenderizer is a must-have for your summer walks, why oatmeal isn't just for breakfast, and how tennis balls can help you sleep better. Short, easy-to-follow tips reveal the wisdom of the country.

Folk Medicine

Folk Medicine
Author: D. C. Jarvis
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-05-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1473385504

An in-depth study of traditional folk medicine in Vermont, written by a formally trained doctor. Folk medicine is an imperative aspect of many Vermonters’ lives and health. Trained medical doctor D. C. Jarvis set out to investigate this traditional approach to herbal medicine and produced this little guide to provide knowledge and understanding of the nature and long-successful uses of folk medicine. An invaluable read for anyone interested in daily increased vitality. The chapters featured in this volume include: - Vermont Environment and the Life Span - The Animal Laws - Your Beginning - Your Racial Pattern and Vermont Folk Medicine - The First Yardstick of Your Health - The Instincts of Childhood - Potassium and Its Uses - The Usefulness of Honey - The Usefulness of Kelp - The Importance of Iodine - Castor Oil and Corn Oil - Medical Reasoning Behind Vermont Folk Medicine

The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook

The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook
Author: James Hubbard, MD
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1621453065

It's the worst snowstorm you can remember. The ice-covered streets are abandoned. You hear a boom in the distance, and your computer screen goes blank. Darkness. A crash and another bang from inside the house. In the hallway, your husband sits on the floor, soaked in blood. You dial 911, and all you get is a busy signal. Would you know what to do next? The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will teach you just what you need to know to take care of yourself and your loved ones in the event you aren’t able to get professional medical help right away. Encompassing but going well beyond immediate first aid, the book covers: how to put a dislocated joint back into place how to prevent hypothermia when your heat has gone out what to do for asthma when you don’t have your inhaler whether you can really drink your own urine if you run out of water what to feed your toddler if he has a fever and you have no medicine and much more Featuring more than 100 illustrations, along with quick quizzes and real-life examples, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. Perhaps you’ve been stranded by a sudden storm when out camping. Maybe you live alone in a rural area, and can’t easily get to a doctor when you hurt your arm. Or you just want to make sure you and your family are prepared to safely weather the next Superstorm Sandy, polar vortex, tornado strike, heat wave, earthquake, or other natural disaster. Whatever your situation and your health needs, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook is your must-have medical resource.

Where Women Have No Doctor

Where Women Have No Doctor
Author: Arlene August Burns
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1997
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

This comprehensive community-based health book for women was developed with the help of community-based groups, village health workers and women's health experts in more than 30 countries. It combines medical information with an understanding of how poverty, discrimination, and culture affect women's health and access to health care. Liberally illustrated.

Your Body Can Heal Itself

Your Body Can Heal Itself
Author:
Publisher: F C & A Pub
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781932470772

Eat until you're full-- and still lose weight! Lower your cholesterol-- without expensive drugs! Keep your eyesight sharp-- even as you age!

A Country Doctor

A Country Doctor
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1884
Genre: Country life
ISBN:

"This is Miss Jewett's first novel, her former efforts having been confined to short stories. To a plot of unusual interest she brings, as a physician's daughter, a close familiarity with the incidents of a doctor's life; and this, combined with wonderful acuteness of observation and a graceful styled, make a book of very unusual interest. " --publisher's summary.