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When John Boot died at 45, he was worn out by the strain of establishing his herbal medicine

business. He had worked his way up from his early years as a farm labourer to be the owner of

a substantial business. He was born in 1815, became a member of a Methodist chapel in

Nottingham, and later moved to the city. Concerned by the situation of the poor, who were

unable to afford a doctor, in 1849 he opened a herbal medicine shop which was called the

British and American Botanic Establishment. In the early stages John was helped financially by

his father-in-law, while his mother provided herbal knowledge.