Herbalist by Meyer, Joseph E. (1979) Hardcover

Guide to herbs and herbal remedies, with dozens of in-text illustrations of herbal plants and their distinct characteristics. 400 pages with comprehensive index. Also includes a dozen or more plates of photos of herb leafs. Joseph E. Meyer (1878 to 1950) was a botanist, writer, illustrator, publisher, and supplier of pharmaceutical-grade herbs and roots to the drug trade who became a prominent citizen and eventually a millionaire in Northwest Indiana. At his death in 1950 he was said to be the world's largest distributor of herbs used in salves, cosmetics, and medicines. From the book's introduction: "Why Use Poisonous Drugs when nature in her wisdom and beneficence has provided, in her great vegetable laboratories - the fields and forests - a cure for most of the ills of man?"