Louis Lewin, M.D.
Louis Lewin, M.D., (1850-1929) was the author of more than 200 major publications on the subject of pharmacology, including 12 books. He was the first researcher to study peyote with the Native Americans and the first to publish a monograph on kava. He directed a private laboratory in Berlin, and he was considered the leading toxicologist in Germany.
Books By Louis Lewin, M.D.
Phantastica
By Louis Lewin, M.D.
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The publication of this book in 1924 began the modern era of ethnobotany. Until Phantastica, books on the use of drugs were purely works of anthropology and did not address how the plants produced their famous effects. But Louis Lewin was fascinated by both, and Phantastica presented scientific insights and detailed information on all major drugs of the time.