Stories
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
Catalogue
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Medicinal plants : a holistic guide to herbal wisdom / Munir Nabi Khan.
Khan, Munir NabiDate: 2022- Books
Fifty plants that changed the course of history / written by Bill Laws.
Laws, BillDate: c2010- Books
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A catalogue of the British, medicinal, culinary, and agricultural plants, cultivated in the London Botanic Garden / by William Curtis ; to which are prefixed, proposals for opening it by subscription.
Curtis, William, 1746-1799.Date: 1783- Books
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Élémens d'histoire naturelle médicale : contenant des notions générales sur l'histoire naturelle, la description, l'histoire et les propriétés de tous les alimens, médicamens, ou poisons, tirés des trois règnes de la nature : avec un atlas, représentant les formes cristallines des minéraux, les espèces de sangsues officinales, les divers insectes vésicans et les vers intestinaux de l'homme / par Achille Richard.
Richard Achille, 1794-1852.Date: 1838- Books
Volksmedizinische Botanik der Germanen / von Max Höfler.
Höfler, Max, 1848-1914.Date: 1990