Murder, Magic, and Medicine
Murder, Key, and Medicine Books
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This absorbing account of the evolution of modern medicine from its roots in folk culture will entertain and inform both scientists and general readers alike. It clarifies the chemical basis of modern pharmacology, and provides a fascinating description of the use and abuse of natural products in various societies through the ages and how this largely trial-and-error administer has led to the development of many of the drugs we now take for contracted. Primitive cultures especially identified a wealth of edible and poisonous plants, and refined their use in practices correlated to hunting, healing, key, religion, and warfare. Today, this heritage can be linked to the origin of such modern-day substances as hemlock and other notorious poisons, as well as to a range of psychoactive drugs like cocaine and LSD, and to beneficial pharmaceuticals including quinine, penicillin, and AZT. But many plant and animal species still remain undiscovered, and as the author notes, much native folk medicine has yet to be investigated. With the rapid destruction of many of the earth’s natural resources, this book is particularly timely as these potentially valuable sources may possibly be lost forever.
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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 exhibit how vital natural products are in our society today — whether the chemical is beneficial or deadly. Simple reading for the non-scientist, but factual enough for the scientist.
Rating: 5 / 5