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From antiquity until the 19th century, botany was so closely linked to medicine that it was almost impossible to separate them. This is self-evident to physicians, pharmacists, and historians: botany was born from medicine. The care of the body began first and foremost with the knowledge of wild plants, and later, cultivated plants.

 

A man from Tournon, Geoffroy Linocier, developed a passion for plants.

 

He was the first to write the oldest known French botanical book, translated into French and printed in Paris in 1584, based on the work of Antoine du Pinet.

 

His book contains a compilation of plants, their names, properties, and the places where they grow.