Panacea Or Precious Bane
Author | : S. A. Dickson |
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Release | : 1954 |
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Author | : S. A. Dickson |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
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Author | : Sarah Augusta Dickson |
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Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 1954 |
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Author | : Sarah Dickson |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Nicotine addiction |
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Author | : Sarah Augusta DICKSON |
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Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 1954 |
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Author | : Sarah Dickson |
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Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Nicotine addiction |
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Author | : Dan Choffnes |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2016-08-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0231540159 |
This beautifully illustrated, elegantly written textbook pairs the best research on the biochemical properties and physiological effects of medicinal plants with a fascinating history of their use throughout human civilization, revealing the influence of nature's pharmacopeia on art, war, conquest, and law. By chronicling the ways in which humans have cultivated plant species, extracted their active chemical ingredients, and investigated their effects on the body over time, Nature's Pharmacopeia also builds an unparalleled portrait of these special herbs as they transitioned from wild flora and botanical curiosities to commodities and potent drugs. The book opens with an overview of the use of medicinal plants in the traditional practices and indigenous belief systems of people in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and ancient Europe. It then connects medicinal plants to the growth of scientific medicine in the West. Subsequent chapters cover the regulation of drugs; the use of powerful plant chemicals—such as cocaine, nicotine, and caffeine—in various medical settings; and the application of biomedicine's intellectual frameworks to the manufacture of novel drugs from ancient treatments. Geared toward nonspecialists, this text fosters a deep appreciation of the complex chemistry and cultural resonance of herbal medicine, while suggesting how we may further tap the vast repositories of the world's herbal knowledge to create new pharmaceuticals.
Author | : Scott K. Taylor |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317187660 |
The Reformation of the sixteenth century shattered the unity of medieval Christendom, and the resulting fissures spread to the corners of the earth. No scholar of the period has done more than Carlos M.N. Eire, however, to document how much these ruptures implicated otherworldly spheres as well. His deeply innovative publications helped shape new fields of study, intertwining social, intellectual, cultural, and religious history to reveal how, lived beliefs had real and profound implications for social and political life in early modern Europe. Reflecting these themes, the volume celebrates the intellectual legacy of Carlos Eire's scholarship, applying his distinctive combination of cultural and religious history to new areas and topics. In so doing it underlines the extent to which the relationship between the natural and the supernatural in the early modern world was dynamic, contentious, and always urgent. Organized around three sections - 'Connecting the Natural and the Supernatural', 'Bodies in Motion: Mind, Soul, and Death' and 'Living One's Faith' - the essays are bound together by the example of Eire's scholarship, ensuring a coherence of approach that makes the book crucial reading for scholars of the Reformation, Christianity and early modern cultural history.
Author | : Louis B. Wright |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486136604 |
Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history (1607–1763) offers authoritative views on agrarian society and leadership, non-English influences, religion, education, literature, music, architecture, and much more. 33 black-and-white illustrations.
Author | : National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings |
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Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Industrial arts |
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Author | : Matthew Romaniello |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 2011-04-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135842884 |
According to the World Health Organization, approximately seventy percent of men and thirty percent of women in Russia smoke, and the WHO estimated that at the close of the twentieth century 280,000 Russians died every year from smoking-related illnesses – a rate over three times higher than the global average. The demographic crisis in current Russia has occasioned interest by President Putin in health care efforts and by historians in the source of these problems. Tobacco in Russian History and Culture explores tobacco’s role in Russian culture through a multidisciplinary approach starting with the growth of tobacco consumption from its first introduction in the seventeenth century until its pandemic status in the current post-Soviet health crisis. The essays as a group emphasize the ways in which, from earliest contact, tobacco’s status as a "foreign" commodity forced Russians to confront their national, political, and economic interests in its acceptance or rejection and find there markers of gender, class, or political identity. International contributors from the fields of history, literature, sociology, and economics fully present the dramatic impact of the weed called the "blossom from the womb of the daughter of Jezebel".