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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. dustcover worn. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> THE FAINTEST WHISPERS from the earth sometimes point to Nature’s deepest secrets. Evanescent as mist reeking of the jungle of African effluvia or even of the barnyard who first caught her elusive messages? It is as if Nature ignored the learned and kissed the ears only of those who live close to her. How else explain why a savage people in a tropical rain forest ultimately gave us a drug that has eased the pain or saved the lives of uncounted multitudes? Some of Nature’s secrets seem so fantastic that scientists at first ignored them but presently admitted “there might be something in it.” Generally these skeptics put such rumors in the derisive category of “Sunday Supplement Science.” A few of these whispers from the earth came from such remote and primitive tribes and seemed so improbable that they slipped into obscurity only to confound the scientists years later. Brilliant chemists and perceptive physicians who ultimately listened to such whispers have given us a rich battery of life- saving drugs. They would be the first to admit that jungle lore may lead to medical triumph. (SP)