The Father of American Herbalism: Samuel Thompson and His Revolutionary Healing System

Samuel Thomson, the American herbalist and botanist who founded the Thomsonian System of Medicine in the early 19th century.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: February 9, 1769 Dearest reader, On this day, Samuel Thompson (books about this person), an American self-taught New Hampshire holistic doctor and herbalist. He was destined to disrupt the well-tended beds of American medicine. Samuel Thompson—no man of privileged schooling—brought forth a movement rooted…

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