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Medical Botany; A Course Of Lectures by Albert Isaiah Coffin. This collection presents Coffin's reformist program of medicine through a sequence of lectures delivered at Sussex Hall, advocating medical botany as a foundation for healing. Coffin argues that medical knowledge has been obscured by monopolies and that nature provides remedies that can cure disease via simple, natural processes. He surveys the history of medicine, critiques the reliance on poisonous drugs and bleeding, and champions herbs and plant-based remedies such as lobelia, cayenne pepper, yarrow, vervain, ground ivy, agrimony, and other botanicals. The volume traverses fever, indigestion, teething, worms, consumption, and cholera, often interlaced with anecdotes, demonstrations, and woodcuts. It emphasizes hygiene, diet, and self-education for mothers and the public, promoting practical, home-based care and skepticism toward exclusive medical authority. The work intertwines science, philosophy, and exhortation to advance a natural, patient-centered approach to health and to democratize medical knowledge.
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