Murder, Magic, and Medicine
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People have always been curious about the plants and animals with which they coexist. Primitive cultures identified edible and poisonous plants by a process of trial and error, and then began to exploit the toxic materials for hunting, euthanasia, executions, and murder. Other plants were found to have stimulatory or hallucinogenic effects: these not only formed the basis of magico-religious rites, they also encouraged experimentation which led to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198558546
ISBN13:9780198558545
Release Date:June 1994
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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Intriguing influence of plants and microoganisms on history.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
John Mann creatively links science and history together by referencing historical events, like the witch trials, to chemicals produced naturally by microorganisms, plants and animals. I use this book in an introductory science course to demonstrate how important natural products are in our society today -- whether the chemical is beneficial or deadly. Easy reading for the non-scientist, but factual enough for the scientist.
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