Nassau, Bahamas - An ethnobotanist, a herbalist and a family counsellor have joined forces to publish one of the most comprehensive and scientific books ever on Bahamian bush medicine. Lead author Dr Jeffrey McCormack is a former faculty member at Middlebury College, and the University of Virginia.

He trained in natural products chemistry and physiological plant ecology, and has worked in the fields of sustainable agriculture, genetic preservation, plant breeding, and ethnobotany...