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100 1 _aGanander, Christfrid,
_d1741-1790
245 1 0 _aMaan-Miehen Huone- ja Koti-Aptheeki
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-12-21
508 _aJari Koivisto
520 _a"Maan-Miehen Huone- ja Koti-Aptheeki" by Christfrid Ganander is a collection of home remedies and medicinal recipes written in the late 18th century. This work provides practical advice on various treatments for common ailments that can be prepared at home, utilizing both homemade ingredients and those available from apothecaries. The text reflects the medicinal practices of the time, focusing on easily accessible cures for rural communities in Finland. The opening of this work outlines its purpose and utility, emphasizing the need for rural inhabitants, isolated from urban apothecaries, to be able to treat minor illnesses themselves. It introduces the reader to the notion that while many remedies exist, this book specifically aims to simplify their inventory by detailing only the most essential and commonly needed medications. The initial recipes presented include tinctures and ointments made from local herbs and natural ingredients, demonstrating both the author's intent to empower individuals with useful knowledge and the practical applications of folk medicine in everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cVaasa: Georg Wilhelm Londicer, 1788
653 _aMedicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74960
999 _c115685
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