About the book: 2013 / The monograph for the first time recreates a holistic picture of folk medicine of the north-east of European Russia from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century . The work contains information about the ideas of the population of the north-eastern region of European Russia about the causes and prognosis of diseases, folk medical terminology, folk hygiene, methods and means of treating diseases, as well as assistance during childbirth in folk medicine of the territory under consideration. In addition, the monograph provides information about treatment with spells in the northeast of European Russia, and gives a sociological portrait of a folk healer in this territory. The materials contained in the work are of interest to specialists in the field of history of medicine, general history, local history, ethnography, as well as for students studying in these specialties.