Fossils as Drugs: pharmaceutical palaeontology.
There is a fascinating monograph about folklore and
past usage of fossils as drugs that is available online
as a downloadable PDF file. It is:
Duffin Christopher J. 2008. - Fossils as Drugs:
pharmaceutical palaeontology. Ferrantia 54, Musée
national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 83 p.
PDF file at:
http://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia54.pdf
http://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/liste.asp
Home page - http://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/
Yours,
Paul H.
