A Very Curious Herbal
Spiralling back to 1730 with The Time Traveller's Herbal for International Women's Day 2026.
It’s International Women’s Day and it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge and be very grateful for the work of Elizabeth Blackwell, in 1737 this incredibly resilient pioneering Scottish woman became the first woman to publish a herbal.
She drew and learned about plants in the amazing Chelsea Physic Garden, sharing pictures and notes on 500 medicinal…
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