The West Indian Weedwoman of the United States and Virgin Islands
Oakes AJ and Morris MP. 1958. The West Indian Weedwoman of the United States and Virgin Islands. Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 32(2):164 - 170
Six years ago the authors began a study of the toxic plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This study was begun for the purpose of determining if the toxic plants of these areas would pose difficult problems to a widely expanding dairy industry. During the initial phases of our study of the toxic plants of the Virgin Islands we soon encountered another group that was interested in many of the plants which we were collecting. This group, the herbalists, was collecting these same plants for the preparation of home remedies. Our frequent encounters enabled us to make a thorough study of these herbalists. Our observations are reported below
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Oakes, A; Morris, M
- Units
- SFCN , VICR , VIIS
- Keywords
- Curative, Doctor, Healer, healing, local knowledge, medicinal, medicine, shaman