The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern Africa
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THE MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.?By Professor J. M. Watt, m.tj., ch.B. (Edin.), and M. G. Bpeyer-Brandwijk, Phil, docta (Utrecht), Apotheker (Utrecht). Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1932. Pp. xx plus 314. Illustrated. Price, Rs. 18-12. Obtainable from Butterworth and Co. (India), Ltd., Calcutta. The study of the indigenous drugs of ancient civilizations has attracted scientists for a long time. Many of the potent and efficient therapeutic remedies in the armamentarium of the modern physicians are the fruits of enquiry and investigation into the domain of the indigenous medicine of India, China and Egypt. African civilization was shrouded in darkness and mystery for a very long time, and for want of authentic information
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