[LMB] AKICIF: herbology OT:

[Tracy MacShane]

On Fri, July 7, 2006 2:20 pm, Marna Nightingale wrote:
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> I'm very late, but I just saw this.
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> Well, what culture and what period?
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> Culpeper's Herbal is England, ca. 1625
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> Online edition:
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> http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/66/113/frameset.html
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> I don't need to tell any of you very smart people NOT to try any of
> these, right? :)
>


And I was even LATER. Mea culpa, I'll finish reading my Inbox before
jumping onto the reply button. :-)

One thing I forgot to say was that in the Western tradition, a knowlege of
the four humours is essential to any kind of medical knowlege up until the
19th century.