Word: herbalists
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...tended counter in a wing collar and a long frock coat. A violent opponent of capital punishment, he had written a series of abusive letters to Home Secretary Sir John Simon. At 9 o'clock that morning a pair of Scotland Yard detectives dropped around to talk to Herbalist McMahon, but he had already left the house...
...back. A shiny revolver lay on the pavement. Over the heads of an excited crowd appeared the rumpled features of George Andrew McMahon, being hustled away by four policemen towards a patrol van. Special Constable Dick had looked up just in time to see the revolver wavering in the herbalist's hand. Instinctively he lashed out, knocking it into the street. Dazed Herbalist McMahon cried, "Good heavens, don't strangle me!'' as the police rushed him away...
...herbs and their preparation market. Mrs. Leyel, who would have studied medicine if her first lesson in dissection had not repelled her, had long experimented with plants for cooking and scent blending. An energetic woman, she has written previous books on the herbal art, founded the Society of Herbalists, established Culpeper House in London as herbalist headquarters and salesroom. Mrs. Leyel has a rural home near Bognor, Sussex, where King George convalesced from his chest ailments. At Bognor, it is said, certain of the Grieve-Leyel made their way into the royal dishes if not into the royal medicines...
...great doctor she disclosed that she had brought up a jar containing a mixture of linseed, aromatic herbs and toad's blood which she had religiously stirred through the night in accordance with instructions left by her great-great-grandmother, who was said to be a wonderful herbalist and who was even credited, in her day, with performing miracles. On receiving an assurance that the lotion would be applied to the King's chest, she left contentedly...