Book ID: 78595
Hatfield, Gabrielle
Memory, Wisdom and Healing: The History of Domestic Plant Medicine. 1999. illus. 209 p. Hardcover.
The author has over many years gathered a wealth of material frommanuscripts, letters, diaries and personal interviews which is herebrought together, giving a vivid and detailed picture of the use ofdomestic remedies in Britain from c. 1700 to the present. This is nota manual of herbal healing, but much of the folk knowledge of plantremedies is reproduced.