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The growing influence of biomedicine in the 1800s did not necessarily replace established forms of treatment based on belief and superstition. What could be referred to as folk medicine – customs that often went back generations – continued to be practised. For example, carrying a mole’s forefoot in a pocket as an amulet to prevent cramp is a medical tradition specific to the East Anglian region of England. The feet were either hacked off a mole or bought from a shop. As an amulet against toothache, moles’ feet have a much longer and wider tradition, being recommended by the Roman writer Pliny in the first century CE. The mole foot was purchased in 1930 from Edward Lovett’s (1852-1933) collection of British amulets and charms. It is shown here with a similar example (A79966). maker: Unknown maker Place made: Downham Market, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0057380 Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057380 Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910 |
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Image title | L0057380 Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org The growing influence of biomedicine in the 1800s did not necessarily replace established forms of treatment based on belief and superstition. What could be referred to as folk medicine – customs that often went back generations – continued to be practised. For example, carrying a mole’s forefoot in a pocket as an amulet to prevent cramp is a medical tradition specific to the East Anglian region of England. The feet were either hacked off a mole or bought from a shop. As an amulet against toothache, moles’ feet have a much longer and wider tradition, being recommended by the Roman writer Pliny in the first century CE. The mole foot was purchased in 1930 from Edward Lovett’s (1852-1933) collection of British amulets and charms. It is shown here with a similar example (A79966). maker: Unknown maker Place made: Downham Market, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom made: 1890-1910 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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