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Superstitions, customs, and prescriptions of Mormon midwives
California folklore quarterly • 3 • Published In 1944 • Pages: 102-114
By: Noall, Claire Augusta.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with the superstitions and herbal cures of Mormon midwives. The medicinal treatments are not necessarily connected with childbirth because midwives also served as general medical practitioners.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Writer
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1853-1943
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Claire Noall
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44049420
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons