Compound Remedies examines the equipment, books, and remedies of colonial Mexico City’s Herrera pharmacy—natural substances with known healing powers that f

Samuel Hahnemann, 1755-1843, founder of homoeopathic system of medicine.

In his twenty-five years as a homoeopathic lecturer, Vinton McCabe has taught thousands of medical professionals and laypersons alike both the philosophy and pr

"This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sou

Leonard Sowerby's self-healing manual for women, The Ladies' Dispensatory, emerged in England in 1652 amidst an abundance of medical self-help books for the lay