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Category: Curious Herbals

A series exploring NLM’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” books devoted to the description of medicinal plants with instructions on how to use them.

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Some of the Most Beautiful Herbals

April 14, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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Bontanical illustration of a branch with large oval leaves and stems with clusters of small pink flowers.

Colonialism and the Plant Hunters

March 22, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the fifth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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Text block surrounded by flowers and butterflies.

Research Reborn: Dioscorides and Mattioli

January 6, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the fourth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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A colored illustration of a corn plant.

A German Botanical Renaissance

September 29, 2015 Circulating Now

By Michael North ~ This post is the third in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which

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Colored woodcut showing a bushy plant with handlike leaves, large flowers.

Medieval Herbals in Movable Type

July 9, 2015 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the second in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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A simple botanical illustration of gladiolus leaves and flowers.

The Earliest Herbals

May 14, 2015 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the first in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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