Rhubarb: the wondrous drug
Auteur :
Foust, Clifford M.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691600697
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
549 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An Asian plant with mysterious cathartic powers, medicinal rhubarb spurred European trade expeditions and obsessive scientific inquiry from the Renaissance until the twentieth century. Rarely, however, had there been a plant that so thoroughly frustrated Europeans' efforts to acquire it and to master its special botanical and chemical properties. H