a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound

but rather our clearest path to courage

the striking images invite deep contemplation

Location: Brazil

Written b y Raymond Buckland

HERBS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS KNOWLEDGE CARDS mars a Baptist minister who JakeBefore the science of pharmacology was confined to the laboratory, all medicines were remedies made from plant materials. Healers from the Neolithic shamans to the eminent physicians of the Enlightenment made their own poultices, tinctures, and salves from plants that grew in their gardens or in the wild. Few abilities were more important to a doctor than a precise identification of the correct flora. The 48 beautiful nineteenth century botanical