Medicine Quest / In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets

Plotkin, Mark J, Ph.D., author of 'Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice'

ISBN 10: 0670869376 / ISBN 13: 9780670869374

Published by Viking Penguin, New York, 2000

About this Item

States "First published in 2000 by Viking Penguin. Number line complete 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 -- the first printing. For what it's worth, inscribed to FFE by Mike Greenfield (NOT inscribed or signed by author Plotkin) to George Hardeen, a name notably borne by the great-nephew of Harry Houdini. 224 pp. including Bibliography and Index. Reduced from $14.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medicine Quest / In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets
• Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670869376
• ISBN 13: 9780670869374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel & Exploration
  • Health & Medicine

About this title

Synopsis

A worldfamous ethnobotanist scours the planet in search of new natural cures, unveiling the healing power in snake venom, leech saliva, rainforest frogs, and other natural sources. 22,500 first printing.

Synopsis

Chronicles the search for new medicines in Amazonian jungles and ocean depths, exploring the properties and applications of bark, leaves, coral, frogs, snake venom, and fungi.