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Title	Folk doctors, Doc Wheat
Alternative Title	Folk healers; Folk cures; Doctors; Cures; Healers;
Genre	Legends -- People -- Eccentric
Description	John Mark Harper's transcribed interview of an anonymous 60 year-old male about Doc Wheat. According to this source, Doc Wheat lived in Coxville, Indiana, and he was an actual doctor. He hada medical degree from Indiana University Medical School. He never charged much and during the Depression he paid people to do chores and build him a house so they wouldn't starve. Doc Wheat buried his money in jugs and jars on his property. People have been trying to find it ever since he died.
Informant	Anonymous 60 year-old male
Collector	Harper, John Mark
Date of Original	1987-12-05
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Parke County -- Coxville -- 1987
Subject	Legends People People associated with health & safety Physicians Medical offices Medical offices Health care Medical personnel Folk cures Folk medicine
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-13
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-FolkDoctors013

Folk doctors, Doc Wheat

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