The Untold History of Healing

In The Untold History of Healing, I take readers on an exciting, expansive journey regardomg the history of medicine from the Stone Age to modern times, explaining that Western medicine has its true origins in the healing lore of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers, herding nomads, and the early sedentary farmers, rather than, as is often assumed, solely in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists. This absorbing history of medicine takes readers on a sweeping perspective from the Stone Age to modern times, showing that Western medicine has its origins not only in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists, but in the healing lore of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers, herding nomads, and the early sedentary farmers. Through my anthropological and ethnobotanical research, I can vividly describe the many ways that ancient peoples have used the plants in their immediate environment, along with handed-down knowledge and traditions, to treat the variety of ailments they encountered in daily life.