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Dangerous Garden : The Quest for Plants to Change Our Lives
This is the story of the medical uses people have made of plants. All over the globe, humans have sought out plants that might cure wounds, disease and troubled minds. They have looked to plants for the keys to everlasting life - and they have also used them to cut short the lives of their enemies.
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Hardcover
First published March 1, 2004
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August 20, 2023
If only there was more reading like this! Stuart offers a deep historical overview of humanity's use of plans for healing, pain relief, poison, and magic. Stuart is a gardener and botanist, and tells the story of medicine through botanical history. He captures the transformations of science from apothecary to modern times, through the explorers, doctors, and (very often unfortunate) patients who received and sometimes even healed from these treatments.
August 9, 2025
This is one of the most helpful books I've had the pleasure to read.
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