Remedies and rituals : folk medicine in Norway and the New Land / Kathleen Stokker.

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2007], ©2007.

xii, 337 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.

Healing the people -- Folk healers and folk cures -- The pastor as doctor -- The black book -- Doctor books -- Birthing children -- Rickets remedies and lore -- Alcohol as medicine and scourge -- The letting and staunching of blood -- Remembered remedies.