Johan Turi's animal, mineral, vegetable cures and healing practices: An in-depth analysis of Sami (Saami) folk healing one hundred years ago

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  DuBois, Thomas A ^a   Lang, Jonathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MOXIBUSTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; SWEDEN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETABLE; POPULATION GROUP;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MINERALS; MOXIBUSTION; ORGANOTHERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; POPULATION GROUPS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84881294636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-57     Document Type: Article

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