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The Herbalist: Nicholas Culpeper - Rebel Physician by Benjamin Woolley (Hardcover, 2004)
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Culpeper was a virtual outcast from birth. Disinherited, he went to London, Milton's 'city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty'. There he was to find his vocation in instigating revolution. Author:Woolley, Benjamin.
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From best-selling author of The Queen's Conjuror, the story of Nicholas Culpeper -- legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great Herbal. This is a powerful history of medicine's first freedom fighter set in London during Britain's age of revolution. In the mid-seventeenth century, England was visited by the four horsemen of the apocalypse: a civil war which saw levels of slaughter not matched until the Somme, famine in a succession of failed harvests that reduced peasants to 'anatomies', epidemics to rival the Black Death in their enormity, and infant mortality rates that left childless even women who had bourne eight or nine children. In the midst of these terrible times came Nicholas Culpeper's Herbal -- one of the most popular and enduring books ever published. Culpeper was a virtual outcast from birth. Rebelling against a tyrannical grandfather and the prospect of a life in the church, he abandoned his university education after a doomed attempt at elopement. Disinherited, he went to London, Milton's 'city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty'. There he was to find his vocation in instigating revolution. London's medical regime was then in the grip of the ColleProduct Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007126576
eBay Product ID (ePID)90573673
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Herbalist: Nicholas Culpeper-Rebel Physician
AuthorBenjamin Woolley
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMedicine, History
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height227mm
Item Width159mm
Item Weight641g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBenjamin Woolley
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 08 Sep, 2021
Revealing and Informative
not much is known of Culpeper but he played an important role in a time when Parliament declared war of the King and executed him. The historical background is well described and the attempts of physicians to keep medication under their own control. Culpeper prevented that by publishing their medical prescriptions. Most of us know him only as author of a herbal but as this book shows he did far more than that. The description of action taken when epidemics hit London show that lock-down is nothing new and the treatment of Charles II shows how dangerous medical treatment can be. Culpeper's herbal medicine was far better than the official scientific medicine of the day.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Jan, 2023
Great read for Herbalist studies
Book arrived this morning 28th January . Great book full of excellent information. A good book for those studying towards a Herbalist degree. Well packaged on arrivalVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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