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Publication Location: London
Year: 1640
Item Location
Exhibit: Galileo and the Health Sciences
Section: Health Care
Summary
An explosion of plant knowledge: Herbals provided much more than biology or natural history information; they offered guidance for health, nutrition and common remedies. Two of the most important early English herbals are John Gerard’s Herball, and this work by Gerard’s student, John Parkinson. Parkinson employed more than 2,700 woodcuts to illustrate 4,000 plants, a thousand more plants than are found in Gerard.
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Theme(s): Health Sciences, History of the Book
Geographical Region(s): Europe, England
Resource Type: Book
Chronological Period: 17th century
Resource Type: Book