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How to cure the plague & other curious remedies / Julian Walker.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
615.88 WAL	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0712357017 (hardback)
ISBN	9780712357012 (hardback)
Name	Walker, Julian author.
Title	How to cure the plague & other curious remedies / Julian Walker.
Published	London British Library, 2013
Description	137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary	How to Cure the Plague presents a stark reminder of the days when remedies were based on guesswork or superstition, and people swallowed bizarre or revolting mixtures; yet it was not all 'toads and brandy' - many herb-based treatments formed the basis of modern medicines.
Subjects	Superstition -- History
	Folklore
	Traditional medicine -- History
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Folklore . Superstition -- History . Traditional medicine -- History . See Also: Ethnology . Fairies . Folk music . Geographical myths . Graffiti . Grail . Legends . Manners and customs . Marriage customs and rites . Material culture . Monsters . Mythology . Oral tradition . Storytelling . Superstition . Urban folklore . Werewolves . Narrower Subject References: Traditional medicine . Authors: Walker, Julian .