Dr. D. C. Jarvis lived and practised among the hardy men and women of the Vermont mountains for over fifty years. This unique and remarkable book - which has sold over 500,000 copies in the Pan edition alone - is the result of his deep study of their way of life, and in particular of their approach to diet and time-honoured folk medicine. Using the simplest of ingredients, including honey, cider vinegar, kelp and iodine, it offers a novel theory on the treatment and prevention of a wide range of diseases and nagging complaints - the common cold, hay fever, arthritis, kidney trouble, digestive disorders, weight problems, high blood pressure, chronic fatigue - and many others, which often defy conventional diagnosis and treatment.