Book Review: Plants in the Development of Modern Medicine

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Introduction: Paul C. Mangelsdorf, p.xi; The anthropological outlook for amerindian medical plants: S. Henry Wassen, p.1; Magic and witchcraft in relation to plants and folk medicine: John Mitchell Watt, p.67; The future of plants as sources of new biodynamic compounds: Richard Evans Schultes, p.103; The significance of comparative phytochemistry in medical botany: Tony Swain, p.125; Medicinal plants and empirical drug research: Rudolf Hansel, p.161; Biodynamic agents from microorganisms: Nestor Bohonos, p.175; Drugs from plants of the sea: Ara Der Marderosian, p.209; Ergot-A rich source of pharmacologically active substances: Albert Hofmann, p.235; Recent advances in the chemistry of tumor inhibitors of plant origin: S. Morris Kupchan, p.261; The Phytochemistry and biological activity of Catharanthus Lanceus (Apocynaceae): Norman R. Farnsworth, p.279; The ordeal bean of old calabar: the pageant of physostigma venosum in medicine: Bo Holmstedt, p.303; Index: p.361.