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SI-FP-1968-CT-145

LOGGER'S 

LOGGER: Sarah E. Morgan
REEL NUMBER: 1 B/2A   
STAGE: Tennessee Narrative #2   
DATE: 7/4/86    
PRESENTOR: Roby Cogswell    
GROUP NAME: Folk Medicines
REGION/STYLE: (Knoxville Tennessee)


PERFORMER(S)   INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION|
Tim Waggoner 

CONTENTS
1/B 1. Intro: origins and purpose of folk medicine
2. Mr. Waggoner's research as a folklorist
3. Discussion of Reba Ball as midwife and shaman 
4. Folk medicine and the Cherokee ("herbal" remedy)
5. Discussion of "home" remedy
6. Discussion of "herb" doctors (sellers of patent medicines)
7. Story of "Doe" Harris
8. Types of remedies
9. Correlation of [[strikethrough]] belief [[/strikethrough]] "belief" and remedy
10. Entertainment of questions
2/A 11.    
A. Poor Man's Medicine Bag: book by Tim Waggoner
B. remedy (hone) for anxiety & depression
C. use of turpentine as remedy; relief of pain
12. D. use of sassafras
13. E. Prescription for cough; difference between "nagging" cough & "stubborn" cough
F. Prophylactic [[strikethrough]] herbal [[/strikethrough]] medicine
G. Remedy for croup
H. Warts on children & general remedies