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Do Mandrakes Really Scream? Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/mandrakes/

Description:
Website accompanying a 2007 exhibition about medicine and magical lore in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series of books. Articles and images of historical books and drawings explore alchemy, historical figures (such as Nicholas Flamel, a scholar and scribe who died in 1417), unicorns, mandrakes, potion-making, and related themes from the series. From the National Library of Medicine.

Publisher:
U.S. National Library of Medicine

Extra Keywords
philosphers's stone

LII Database Information:
Record 24832 created by Jennifer English on 11/01/2007
Last modification on 11/27/2007
Published: 11/29/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24832