Divine Origin of the Herbalist Author:Sir E. A. Wallis Budge Famed Egyptologist discusses earliest Orient herbals in Egypt, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria; their role as foundations of Greek herbals and subsequent dissemination through Asia and Europe. Gods as herbalists, divine medicines, water as divine element, oils and unguents, much more. 13 black-and-white illus. Index.