Cures
Description
This file includes a typed paper by Mrs. P. Brimson on her grandmother, the wise woman Annie Leech of Bentham (North Yorkshire), including some of her cures and recipes (November 1978); a photocopy of the article, 'Acupuncture: Myth or Miracle?', from 'Newsweek' (14 August 1972), pp. 30-34; and mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life' and 'The Guardian', on the healing of warts by a white witch in North Devon, the use of leeches in curing lung congestion, research into the use of plants to treat cancer, remedies for aching feet and cures for whooping cough. File contents retained in original classification order, and chronologically within this.
Metadata
| Identifier | bdbdw9j6 |
| IRN | 410683 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF/8/1/3 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bdbdw9j6 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Cures and Causes |
| Date | 1965-1978 |
| Size and Medium | 1 file of typed and photocopied papers, and mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings. |