James Duke, 88, Globe-Trotting Authority on Healing Plants, Is Dead As a scholar and government researcher, he did field work in remote spots, finding indigenous remedies, trying them himself and pouring them into books. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:When is the Geminid meteor shower 2016? How to watch the Geminids TONIGHTRetro Report: Lives and Profits in the Balance: The High Stakes of Medical PatentsTrilobites: Rapid Evolution Saved This Fish From Pollution, Study SaysDesigning a Safer Battery for Smartphones (That Won’t Catch Fire)Stephen Hawking’s space race APPROVED by Nasa to find new habitable planet in 20 yearsGlobal COOLING: World temperature DROPS as spikes NOT caused by man, scientists claim