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SUMMARY:How to Read a Herbal\, With Historian Marie Addyman
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nGo away from this talk and workshop with a new apprec
 iation of our invaluable plant medicine heritage. This talk focuses furthe
 r on the work of  William Turner (c.1508–1568)\, known as the 'Father o
 f English Botany'. Northumbrian-born\, Turner was a herbalist\, physician\
 , natural historian\, theologian and reformer. This talk compares William 
 to his son Peter\, also a physician\, natural historian and reforming theo
 logian\, and then looks at examples of herbals which followed\, particular
 ly those of John Gerard (1597) and\, 100 years after William Turner\, Nich
 olas Culpepper.\nHerbals have been an integral part of European literature
  for over 2\,000 years\, several of them in Latin. These fascinating docu
 ments provide a window into the historical understanding of plants and the
 ir uses. Turner was the first person to write one in English which provid
 ed careful descriptions of plants and a record of their medical uses\, in 
 his tri-part herbal written between 1551 and1568.  Following our session 
 last autumn in which we looked at how Turner differed from his predecessor
 s\, in this workshop we learn more about him by comparing him to his son\,
  which shows us what new developments were  entering the fields of  medi
 cine and natural history\, some of these being outside the scope of a herb
 al. Changes in the development of the herbal itself are found in the works
  by Gerard and Culpeper\nIn this 2 hour workshop\, led by  Marie Addyman\
 , we will discuss extracts from Turner's ground-breaking work and those of
  his son and succesors\, and look at some of the herbals held in the herbo
 logy library.\nThis is for you if:\nYou’re curious about the history of 
 plant medicine and how plants were used in the past.\nYou want to learn ab
 out William Turner\, John Gerard and Nicholas Culpepper and their importan
 t work with plants and medicine.\nYou’re interested in discovering how o
 ld herbal books are different from modern ones.\nThis workshop is suitable
  for beginners as well as those further into plant medicine studies and di
 scoveries.\nCost: £25 (£18 for students) - please email info@dilstonphy
 sicgarden to book your place.\nParking: For workshop and events please us
 e our top-up car park. Thank you! Written directions availablehere (Googl
 e Maps directions link\, What Three Words: pigs.clipped.mills). Please ge
 t in touch if you have queries/concerns about disability access via info@
 dilstonphysicgarden.com.\nFormat: Interactive lecture with Q&amp\;A - The
 re will be a break half way through and time for questions at the end.\nTu
 tor: Marie Addyman\, B.A.\, B.Phil\, D.Phil. Marie is an expert plant hist
 orian with years of experience in researching\, collecting\, writing\, and
  teaching about historical plants and herbals\, and recognised internation
 ally for her expertise on the medical and natural history writing of Willi
 am Turner.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:History of Plant Medicine
LOCATION:Dilston Physic Garden\, Dilston Physic Garden\, Dilston\, Corbridg
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