Also known as St Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine. Hildegard was born Sept 16, 1098. She was what is known as a Polymath, a person whose expertise includes a significant number of different subject areas. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Galileo are other examples of polymaths. Among her many interests and accomplishments were: writer, […]
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Healers of Note – Avicenna
Known in the western world as Avicenna his name was Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sina (also known as Ibn Sina). He was born c 980 in Afshana near Bukhara. While not a “herbalist” per se. He did contribute to the knowledge of healing, writing many treatises, the most well known being The […]
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