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.