Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine - John K. Crellin

The authors here focus on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of the late Appalachian herbalist Tommie Bass. This book merits praise as one of the best investigations of an herbalist and his context in the literature of folk medicine and as a powerful synthesis of important historical, social, and psychological factors in general folk medicine.--NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOLK SOCIETY. \nIn Trying to Give Ease, John K. Crellin and Jane Philpott focus on the life, practices, and