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Storl, Wolf-Dieter,

The untold history of healing : plant lore and medicinal magic from the stone age to present / Wolf D. Storl. - Berkeley, California North Atlantic Books 2017. - 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Originally published as Ur-Medizin by AT Verlag. Translated fromt eh original German by Annabelle Moynihan"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Untold History of Healing takes the reader on a 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 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.

ISBN: 9781623170936 1623170931

LCCN: 2016048623

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101694925 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Traditional medicine--History.
Herbs--Therapeutic use--History.
Medicine, Traditional--history.
History of Medicine.

LC Class. No.: R733

Dewey Class. No.: 610.9

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WZ 309