| The Untold History of Healing: Plant Lore and Medicinal Magic from the Stone Age to Present Contributor(s): Storl, Wolf D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1623170931 ISBN-13: 9781623170936 Publisher: North Atlantic Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Herbal Medications - Nature | Plants - General - Body, Mind & Spirit | Shamanism |
| Dewey: 610 |
| LCCN: 2016048623 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Untold History of Healing takes the reader on an exciting, expansive journey of the history of medicine from the Stone Age to modern times, explaining that Western medicine has its true origins in the healing lore of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers, herding nomads, and the early sedentary farmers rather than in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists. This absorbing history of medicine takes the reader on a sweeping journey from the Stone Age to modern times, showing that Western medicine has its origins not only in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists, but in the healing lore of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers, herding nomads, and the early sedentary farmers. Anthropologist and ethnobotanist Wolf D. Storl vividly describes the many ways that ancient peoples have used the plants in their immediate environment, along with handed-down knowledge and traditions, to treat the variety of ailments they encountered in daily life. |