For Geeks Like Me: 18th Century Herbal

If you haven't seen my Facebook page or Twitter feed in the last week, you missed my post that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow have scanned an 18th century herbal, thought to be from lowland Scotland. It's obvious this is someone's personal herbal – not a physician's. It's information compiled over many years … it's not well-organized but the RCPSG has kindly indexed it.

Almost as soon as I found the link, I dug in. It took me about 2 hours to read it. Then again...