David Hosack a practitioner, doctor, and educator. Was among the first generation of American intellectuals to recognize the value of botanical medicine. Growing up in a new country whose mysterious terrain, foreign flora and fauna, and uncharted geography astonished European explorers -- Hosack dedicated a significant portion of his life to the examination of American plants.
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