Author: Antall, Jozsef ; & Buzinkay, Geza ; editors :
Title: Nepi gyogyitas Magyarorszagon / Ethnomedicine in Hungary
Description: Budapest, Orvostorteneti Kozlemenyek, 1975. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, 273 pp, Series: Orvostorteneti Kozlemenyek / Communicationes de Historia Artis Medicinae, Supplementum 7-8.. Textual photos & drawings. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contains Introduction + 5 papers (in Hungarian, one with full English translation, two with German summaries). Includes: M. Hoppal & L. Toro " Nepi gyogyitas Magyarorszagon / Ethnomedicine in Hungary" [the English translation runs pp 66 - 107 + a 20-page bibliography + 48pp photo & drawing illustrations (illustrating 107 items; with bilingual Hungarian- English captions) ; Gabor Luko "Anya-es csecsemoovo kepek a regi magyar szekrenyeken", pp 177 - 224 [Hungarian text with German summary: "Pictures for Mother- & Children-Protection on Old Chests ('szekreny') Made in Hungary"]; St. Balint "Adalekok a hajdani pestisjarvanyok magyarorszagi heidelemvilagahoz (Szent Sebestyen, Szent Rokus es Szent Rozalia tisztelete)",pp 225 - 243 [Hungarian text with German summary: " Contributions to the Hungarian Popular Belief System of Ancient Epidemics of the Plague (Cult of St. Sebastian, St. Roch & St. Rosalia)"; A. Vajkai "Egy keziratos orvoslo konyv", pp 245-257 (Hungarian text: "A hand-written doctor book") & Andor Olah "Szemelvenyek Bekes megye nepenek jarvanytani megfigyeleseibol elkepzeleserbol", pp 259 - 273 (Hungarian text. " Selectiions from the Observations & Conceptions of the Popular Epidemiology in Bekes County").

Keywords: Hungary, Ethnomedicine, Folk Medicine, Ethnography, Shamanism, Shamans, Anthropology, Folklore, Ethnology