| LC control no. | sh 85083164 |
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| LC classification | GN477 GN477.7 Ethnology GR880 Folklore |
| Topical heading | Traditional medicine |
| Variant(s) | Ethnic medicine Ethnomedicine Folk medicine Home cures Home medicine Home remedies Indigenous medicine Medical folklore Medicine, Primitive Primitive medicine Surgery, Primitive |
| See also | subdivision Medicine under ethnic groups Alternative medicine Folklore Medical anthropology Ethnopharmacology |
| Found in | Phone call, Dec. 14, 1992, to American Anthropological Association. MESH (Medicine, Traditional with ref. from Ethnomedicine, Folk medicine, Indigenous medicine, and Medicine, Primitive) Phone call to NLM, Jan. 13, 1993 ("traditional medicine") LC data base, Jan. 13, 1993 ("traditional medicine, folk medicine, ethnomedicine, indigenous medicine, and ethnic medicine") Phone call, Dec. 14, 1992, to American Folklife Center (Folk medicine is still the preferred term in folklore, but they do not object to the change) 97-72868: Old-time home remedies, c1998. |
| Not found in | Dorland's med. dict.; Mosby's med. dict., 1990; Random House; Stedman's med. dict.; Web. 3 |
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