Monografiya vpervye vossozdaet tselostnuyu kartinu narodnoy meditsiny severo-vostoka Evropeyskoy Rossii s kontsa XVIII do nachala XXI veka. V rabote soderzhatsya svedeniya o predstavleniyakh naseleniya severo-vostochnogo regiona evropeyskoy Rossii o prichinakh vozniknoveniya i prognoze zabolevaniy, narodnoy meditsinskoy terminologii, narodnoy gigiene, metodakh i sredstvakh lecheniya zabolevaniy, a takzhe pomoshchi pri rodakh v narodnoy meditsine rassmatrivaemoy territorii. Krome togo, v monografii predstavlena informatsiya o lechenii zagovorami na severo-vostoke Evropeyskoy Rossii, dan sotsiologicheskiy portret narodnogo tselitelya dannoy territorii. Soderzhashchiesya v rabote materialy predstavlyayut interes dlya spetsialistov v oblasti istorii meditsiny, obshchey istorii, kraevedeniya, etnografii, a takzhe dlya studentov, obuchayushchikhsya po dannym spetsial'nostyam.