A Contribution To South African Materia Medica

A Contribution To South African Materia Medica: Chiefly From Plants In Use Among The Natives (1888) is a book written by Andrew Smith. The book is a comprehensive study of the medicinal plants used by indigenous people in South Africa. It provides a detailed description of the plants, their traditional uses, and their medicinal properties. The book also includes illustrations of the plants, as well as information on their distribution and cultivation. The author, Andrew Smith, was a British physician who spent many years in South Africa studying the flora and fauna of the region. The book is an important contribution to the understanding of traditional medicine in South Africa and is still relevant today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.