Green Pharmacy

by Van Der Zee, Barbara; Griggs, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780892817276
• ISBN10: 0892817275
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Healing Arts Pr

Summary

An eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present. Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world.

Author Biography

<p><br /><strong>Foreword to the Second Edition</strong> <em>by Michael McIntyre</em><br />  <br /><strong>Foreword</strong> <em>by Norman Farnsworth</em> <br /> <br /><strong>Preface</strong> <br /> <br /><em>Acknowledgments<br /></em>  <br />1. The Medicine of Mankind <br /> <br />2. Medicine in Transition<br />  <br />3. The New Disease and the New Medicine<br />  <br />4. The Revolutionary <br /><br />5. The Quacks' Charter <br /> <br />6. 'All Manner of Minerals' <br /> <br />7. 'Galen or Paracelsus?' <br /> <br />8. The Seventeenth-Century Superwoman<br />  <br />9. Indian Physic<br />  <br />10. 'Horrid Electuaries'<br />  <br />11. 'Systematic Slaughter'<br />  <br />12. The English Practice<br />  <br />13. The Foxglove Saga <br /> <br />14. Heroic Medicine<br />  <br />15. Roots and Herbs <br /> <br />16. Botanic Warfare <br /> <br />17. The Age of Calomel<br />  <br />18. 'Coffinism' <br /> <br />19. Dr. Coffin versus Dr. Skelton <br /> <br />20. Fruitless Medication<br />  <br />21. Regulars and Rivals<br />  <br />22. Magic Bullets <br /> <br />23. Return to Nature<br />  <br />24. The Price of Miracles <br /> <br />25. The French Lesson<br />  <br />26. Into Europe <br /> <br />27. Phytomedicines<br />  <br />28. 'The Green People'<br />  <br />29. Burning the Library of Amazonia <br /> <br />30. Herbal Futures <br /> <br /><em>Notes <br /> <br />Bibliography <br /> <br />Index  </em></p>

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Michael McIntyre
 
Foreword by Norman Farnsworth 

Preface 

Acknowledgments
 
1. The Medicine of Mankind 

2. Medicine in Transition
 
3. The New Disease and the New Medicine
 
4. The Revolutionary

5. The Quacks' Charter 

6. 'All Manner of Minerals' 

7. 'Galen or Paracelsus?' 

8. The Seventeenth-Century Superwoman
 
9. Indian Physic
 
10. 'Horrid Electuaries'
 
11. 'Systematic Slaughter'
 
12. The English Practice
 
13. The Foxglove Saga 

14. Heroic Medicine
 
15. Roots and Herbs 

16. Botanic Warfare 

17. The Age of Calomel
 
18. 'Coffinism' 

19. Dr. Coffin versus Dr. Skelton 

20. Fruitless Medication
 
21. Regulars and Rivals
 
22. Magic Bullets 

23. Return to Nature
 
24. The Price of Miracles 

25. The French Lesson
 
26. Into Europe 

27. Phytomedicines
 
28. 'The Green People'
 
29. Burning the Library of Amazonia 

30. Herbal Futures 

Notes 

Bibliography 

Index