Aikman, Lonnelle. Nature's healing arts : : from folk medicine to modern drugs / [electronic resource] / by Lonnelle Aikman ; photos. by Nathan Benn and Ira Block ; paintings by Tony Chen ; prepared by the Special Publications Division.. — Washington : : National Geographic Society,, c1977.. — 199 p. : : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 196.

Folk medicine : an enduring art -- Legacies from the past -- Dawn of modern medicine -- Ancience scourges held at bay -- Toward a conquest of old killers -- In pursuit of health.



ISBN: 0870442325 : $5.75 9780870442322

LCCN: 76057001

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Traditional medicine.
Pharmacognosy.
Folklore--Medicina
Phytothérapie.
Médecine populaire.
Pharmacognosie.
Folklore.
Pharmacognosy.
Plants, Medicinal.

LC Class. No.: RS164 / .A36

Dewey Class. No.: 615/.32