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Savages knew Botany--First lady doctors and botanical excursions--True drugs and horrible ornaments--Hydrophobia cure--Cloves--Mustard--Ivy--Roses and Teeth--How to keep hair on--How to know if a patient will recover--Curious properties of a mushroom--The Scythian lamb--Quinine: history and use--Safflower--Romance of ipecacuanha--Wars of the spice trade--Cinnamon, logwood, and indigo--Romance of pepper--Babylonian and Egyptian botanists--Chinese discoveries--Theophrastus--Medieval times--The first illustrated book--Numbers of plants known--Discoveries of painters and poets 27