Herbs in the Treatment of Children: Leading a Child to Health
Reference presents the use of therapeutic herbs in the treatment of childhood illnesses. Focuses on methods leading a child back to health, rather than suppressing symptoms. Issues covered include energy, diet, fever, infections, and asthma.
Caused by a virus that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, yellow fever gets its name for the jaundice it causes its victims. This hemorrhagic illness has plagued humans throughout history, and before the development of a yellow fever vaccine, the mortality rate from this disease was high. Tropical nations now prevent epidemic yellow fever levels through vaccination, and travelers to these areas are advised to take precautions. "Yellow Fever" explores both the historical and epidemiological aspects of this disease.
a "delightful reader's companion that lights up the literary dark" (The New York Times)
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Filled with lively essays and a glossary of obscure terms, this unique reference--organized by subject--is a practical and entertaining compendium of information and insight on this time of debtor prisons, bedlam, and that wonderful disease of sense and sensibility, "putrid fever." Illustrations.
