Plant drugs that changed the world.
By: With drawings by Margaret Cosgrove.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Medicinal plants; Materia medica, Vegetable
Description: Tells where the plants were found, who first used them and why, and how they ultimately became lifesaving or pain-killing drugs. Partly historical, to a degree biographical, with a basic presentation of the facts of science, including a dash of anthropology.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 255-263.