. Rambles of a Canadian naturalist. Natural history; Natural history. Not in the human family alone does eccentricity win credit for unusual and transcendent talents. Innumerable trees and plants have for years imposed on a credulous and trusting world by means of peculiarities in dress and habits. Prescriptions of the present day are not like the medicine our mothers used to make. And when a nauseating remembrance of the horrible decoctions brings back the sinking, vacant sensations of early childhood, the thought that the ill-flavoured herbs were imposing on confiding motherhood by their ecc
. Rambles of a Canadian naturalist. Natural history; Natural history. Not in the human family alone does eccentricity win credit for unusual and transcendent talents. Innumerable trees and plants have for years imposed on a credulous and trusting world by means of peculiarities in dress and habits. Prescriptions of the present day are not like the medicine our mothers used to make. And when a nauseating remembrance of the horrible decoctions brings back the sinking, vacant sensations of early childhood, the thought that the ill-flavoured herbs were imposing on confiding motherhood by their eccentricities provokes a feeling of indignation. No wonder the present generation delights in exposing the pretences of alleged medicinal herbs whose reputations were sustained by unusual habits alone. The memory of catnip tea, wormwood, elecampane, senna, and other nauseating tastes on the sensitive palate of early childhood can never be effaced. And it is irritating to reflect that the faith of our good grandmothers had no foundation except l6l L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, Samuel Thomas, 1860-1917; Holmes, Robert, ill. London [etc. ] J. M. Dent & Sons
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