2. The Magical Transference of Disease

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword IX
4. Preface XI
5. Selected Bibliography XIII
6. Introduction XXIII
7. 1. Folk Curing: The Magical Component* 1
8. 2. The Magical Transference of Disease 17
9. 3. The Folk Healer: Calling and Endowment 43
10. 4. Deformity, Disease, and Physical Ailment as Divine Retribution 57
11. 5. Hangmen, the Gallows, and the Dead Man's Hand in American Folk Medicine 69
12. 6. Plugging, Nailing, Wedging, and Kindred Folk Medical Practices 81
13. 7. Measuring and Plugging: The Magical Containment and Transfer of Disease 93
14. 8. “Measuring” with String, Thread, and Fibre: A Practice in Folk Medical Magic 107
15. 9. Magical Treatment of Disease by Outlining the Ailing Part 119
16. 10. “Over and Out”: Magical Divestment in Folk Belief and Custom 123
17. 11. “Passing Through”: Folk Medical Magic and Symbolism 133
18. 12. Animal Sacrifice in American Folk Curative Practice 187
19. 13. The Mole in Folk Medicine: A Survey from Indie Antiquity to Modern America 201
20. 14. Physical Harm, Sickness, and Death by Conjury A Survey of the Sorcerer's Evil Art in America 215
21. 15. Witch-Riding and Other Demonic Assault in American Folk Legend 227
22. 16. The Evil Eye in its Folk Medical Aspects: A Survey of North America 239
23. 17. Animal Intrusion into the Human Body: A Primitive Aetiology of Disease 251
24. 18. Padepissers and Wekschissers: A Folk Medical Inquiry into the Cause of Styes 261
25. 19. Folk Medical Inhalants in Respiratory Disorders 273
26. 20. Curative Practice in Folk Tales 287
27. 21. The Curing of Blindness In Folk Tales 295
28. 22. Folk Medical Magic and Symbolism in the West 305
29. 23. The Common Cold in Utah Folk Medicine 321
30. Index 331