{"product_id":"smith-alice-the-physick-garden-2022-hardback","title":"Smith Alice: The Physick Garden [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted for the V\u0026amp;A Illustration Awards 2024**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intriguing tales of the plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies, brought to life with beautifully surreal illustrations from Alice Smith. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the dawn of time, people have used plants as remedies, to both positive and deadly effect. These herbal treatments have become \u003cb\u003eenshrined in folklore\u003c\/b\u003e, in \u003cb\u003eold wives' tales\u003c\/b\u003e and in the \u003cb\u003ecurious names\u003c\/b\u003e we have given local species. Many have also found their way into modern medicine cabinets - but not always in the form you would expect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book imagines a physick garden of healing plants that have been used across the globe by different generations. But\u003cb\u003e were Italian Renaissance women dicing with death \u003c\/b\u003ewhen they dropped belladonna in their eyes? Can comfrey really be used to \u003cb\u003eheal broken bones?\u003c\/b\u003e And can St John's Wort scare away more than bad spirits? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking you\u003cb\u003e around the body\u003c\/b\u003e, from the brain to the bowels, \u003ci\u003eThe Physick Garden \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces 80 plants with curious medicinal pasts. With \u003cb\u003estriking illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003elively tales\u003c\/b\u003e, this book will show thatsometimes there \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e method in the madness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice Smith","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53593804603731,"sku":"9780711266339","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/alice-smith-smith-alice-the-physick-garden-2022-hardback-9780711266339-1234721007.jpg?v=1777404340","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/smith-alice-the-physick-garden-2022-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}