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The People's Doctor: Samuel Thomson and the American Botanical Movement 1790-1860
John S. Haller
Samuel Thomson, born in New Hampshire in 1769 to an illiterate farming family, had no formal education, but he learned the elements of botanical medicine from a "root doctor". Thomson offerd patients inexpensive and gentle medicines from their own fields and gardens. Told here for the first time, The People's Doctor covers seventy years of Thomson's practice.
392 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 31, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780809323395 |
| Publishers | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Pages | 392 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 684 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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