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Powledge, Fred

Pharmacy in the Forest: How Medicines Are Found in the Natural World

48 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-689-80863-1
(4) 4-6 The text explains how modern science and traditional healing methods often intersect as drug companies and government agencies explore plants for substances to treat disease. Powledge briefly describes how research is conducted, the urgency of preserving both tropical and temperate forests, and the usefulness of several specific plants while repeatedly interjecting didactic cautions against drug experimentation. Glos.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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