A vermont doctor reveals the secrets of folk medicine and how it has been applied in both curative and preventive medicine.

Here, from the best material of its famous magazine, Vermont Life, is the essence of this paradoxical paradise of deep valleys and high hills, where covered bridges, cider mills and town meetings, generations old, exist side by side with the whine of chainsaws and the hum of a ski lift.

Includes index.

Shows cemeteries in Vermont, including maps, family names, condition of cemeteries, and directions.

The importance of a healthy environment and sound psychology is effectively revealed through the story of how a nervous, overprotected young girl becomes a stable, self-reliant person after she is suddenly transplanted to the simple life on a Vermont farm.