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NEILS BOTANIC DISPENSARIES FAMILY HERB DOCTOR BOOK

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The New Zealand Family Herb Doctor book, hardback, 524 pages, third edition, 1891, by James F Neil, A book on the botanic eclectic system of medicine, containing the latest discoveries in medicine and surgery, for the cure of disease, also, a description of the herbs, roots, barks, seeds, extracts, essential oils, with 100 (six-coloured) plates of the most important medicinal plants growing in New Zealand, Australia, and elsewhere, together with numerous carefully selected valuable remedies, recipes, with a successful treatment for horses and cattle, dogs. Has a section on Neil's preparations, including, Balm of Gilead, Botanic Cough Syrup, Herbal Beer Extract, Hop Bitters etc, Dr Neils Botanic Dispensaries Dunedin, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Timaru, Invercargill. Hand written notes on opposition products like Woods Great Peppermint Cure, plus many related notes on scrap paper, rip and wear to spine and cover, one colour plate is loose, minor marks, Fantastic find, Good 6.5/10