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  • Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. Onagraceae. Ozark Sundrops, Bigfruit Evening Primrose. Formerly O. missouriensis. Distribution: South central USA. O. macrocarpa does not appear to have been used medicinally, but other species are so used. Austin (2004) records that O. biennis (Evening Primrose) was used by Native Americans as a potherb in West Virginia. Leaves as salad, roots boiled like potato also infusion to treat obesity and relieve piles (Cherokee)
  • Trillium sessile L. Trilliaceae Distribution: North America. Various Trilliums were used by Native Americans to stop haematuria, haematemesis, menorrhagia, and to heal ulcers (Milspaugh, 1974). Roots were eaten to treat stiff muscles, and tea from the plant drunk and powdered plant put on joints for rheumatism by the Iroquois (Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Hyacinthaceae Star of Bethlehem, Grass lily. Distribution: Central Europe, SW Asia, NW Africa. All parts are poisonous, especially the bulbs. The toxin is a cardiac glycoside with effects similar to digoxin, vomiting, cardiac irregularities and death in humans and livestock. Only used for decoration by Native Americans (it is a non-native plant that has escaped into the wild from cultivation) and called Sleepydick (Moerman, 1998). One of its toxins is Convallotoxin, also present in Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The American Genetic Association.
  • Body stretching / [British American Tobacco].
  • Perkin jubilee : American committee.
  • Perkin jubilee : American committee.
  • Perkin jubilee : American committee.
  • Perkin jubilee : American committee.
  • Pan American superlative patent all purpose plain flour : net wt. 32 ozs. (2LBs.) / Pan American Mills.
  • Pan American superlative patent all purpose plain flour : net wt. 32 ozs. (2LBs.) / Pan American Mills.
  • Pan American superlative patent all purpose plain flour : net wt. 32 ozs. (2LBs.) / Pan American Mills.
  • American journal of physical anthropology.
  • Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
  • 'Baptiste', a Native American
  • Aralia racemose (American Spikenard)
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake)
  • Geranium maculatum (American cranesbill)
  • Obstetric specula, American model
  • Transactions of the American Surgical Association.
  • Journal of the American Medical Association.
  • An American woman preaching Prohibition to a crowd of well-dressed American citizens. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • We eat Quaker Oats / American Cereal Co.
  • We eat Quaker Oats / American Cereal Co.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.