Traditional medicine (Topical Term)

Phone call, Dec. 14, 1992, to American Anthropological Association.

MESH (Medicine, Traditional with ref. from Ethnomedicine, Folk medicine, Indigenous medicine, and Medicine, Primitive)

Phone call to NLM, Jan. 13, 1993 ("traditional medicine")

LC data base, Jan. 13, 1993 ("traditional medicine, folk medicine, ethnomedicine, indigenous medicine, and ethnic medicine")

Phone call, Dec. 14, 1992, to American Folklife Center (Folk medicine is still the preferred term in folklore, but they do not object to the change)

97-72868: Old-time home remedies, c1998.

Dorland's med. dict.; Mosby's med. dict., 1990; Random House; Stedman's med. dict.; Web. 3