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Post by tom 🕊 on Feb 27, 2019 16:08:30 GMT -5
I wish I could remember the name of a mystery series that aired several years ago about a medieval monk who was knowledgeable in herbal medicine. If I recall correctly some of the herbs were involved in crimes which he solved. Brother Cadfael. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadfael
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Feb 27, 2019 18:25:53 GMT -5
tom 🕊, yes! I wish that series would be run again; it was fascinating. It was also what I believe was the first (as best as I remember) in a series of problem solving clergy.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Feb 27, 2019 18:40:07 GMT -5
t was also what I believe was the first (as best as I remember) in a series of problem solving clergy. I suspect the series was inspired by Eco's The Name of the Rose. I discovered today that I still have lemon balm. It had been covered by falling pine straw, and I thought I had lost it. Edit: Checking the dates of publication, it may be the other way around. Or maybe the ideas were in the air.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Feb 27, 2019 18:57:06 GMT -5
tom 🕊, sounds interesting. I'd like to see it if/when BBC airs it on TV.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Feb 27, 2019 19:05:41 GMT -5
Edith Pargeter, the author of the Cadfael series, said of her experience as a chemist's assistant: "We used to make bottled medicine that we compounded specially, with ingredients like gentian, rosemary, horehound. You never see that nowadays; those tinctures are never prescribed. They often had bitters of some sort in them, a taste I rather liked. Some of Cadfael’s prescriptions come out of those years." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_PargeterI've never grown gentian.
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