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A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist.
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique...
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique...
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"A referenced cyclopaedia giving the uses, preparations, doses, synonyms and distinctive characters of all botanical drugs used in medicine." Intended for use of professionals and lay public. Alphabetical arrangement by common plant names. Entries include common and scientific names, synonyms, habitat, description, part used, medicinal use, constituents, preparations, and regulatory status. Miscellaneous appendixes. Indexes of botanical names,...