John K Crellin: 4 books
Newfoundland Drugstores
A History
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Although primarily associated with filling doctors' prescriptions and selling medicines and other items for self-care, historically drugstores have also been operated as general stores, selling an intriguing range of toiletries, perfumery, confectionery, seeds for the garden, and household items....
Health Care
A Postcard History of Twentieth-Century Attitudes and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Ever since their early twentieth-century “Golden Age,” postcards on both sides of the Atlantic have recorded popular culture. Through humour, views of urban and rural places, photographs of individuals, fantasy, advertising, and succinct messages, they have documented art and entertainment, social...
Mi'sel Joe
An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
The inspirational memoir of a Mi'kmaq civil rights leader.
A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants
Herbal Medicine Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 1990
Reissued as a companion edition to Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine, this illustrated reference guide covers over 700 medicinal plants, of which more than 150 are readily obtainable in health food stores and other outlets. Based on the Appalachian herbal practice of...