"[This volume] will surely prove of lasting value to
anthropologists, medical sociologists, and students of folklife no
less than to members of other disciplines with a special interest .
. . in herbs and the how and why of their utilization."--David
Allen, "Medical History"
"This book merits praise as one of the best investigations of an
herbalist and his context in the literature of folk medicine and as
a powerful synthesis of important historical, social, and
psychological factors in general folk medicine."--"Newsletter of
the North Carolina Folk Society "
"An important contribution to the sociology of medical
thinking."--Vivian Nutton, T"imes Literary Supplement
"
""Trying to Give Ease" places Bass's practice in a cultural and
historical context, with extensive essays on the polemics of herbal
medicine in modern society and its influences."--"Foster's
Botanical and Herb Reviews
"
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