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Puhpohwee for the people : a narrative account of some uses of fungi among the Ahnishinaabeg / Keewaydinoquay.
Keewaydinoquay.Date: 1998- Books
"El fármaco en la America prehispanica" / Juan Somolinos Palencia.
Somolinos Palencia, Juan.Date: 1985- Archives and manuscripts
Clah, Arthur Wellington (1831-1916)
Clah, Arthur Wellington, 1831-1916Date: 1859-c.1920Reference: WMS/Amer.140- Digital Images
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Hepatica nobilis Mill. Ranunculaceae. Liverwort - not to be confused with the lichen of the same name. Distribution: North America. Liverwort (‘liver plant’): discontinued herbal medicine for disorders of the liver. The name and the use to which the Liverworts have been put medicinally is suggested, according to the doctrine of signatures, by the shape of the leaves which are three-lobed, like the liver. It is little used in modern herbalism but was employed in treating disorders of the liver and gall bladder, indigestion etc. It is highly toxic. Hepatica acutiloba was widely used for liver disorders in the 1880s, with up to 200,000 kilos of leaves being harvested per annum to make liver tonics - which eventually caused jaundice. Gerard (1633) calls it Hepaticum trifolium, Noble Liverwort, Golden Trefoile and herbe Trinity and writes: 'It is reported to be good against weakness of the liver which proceedeth from a hot cause, for it cooleth and strengtheneth it not a little. ' He adds ' Baptista Sardus[a Piedmontese physician fl. 1500] commendeth it and writeth that the chiefe vertue is in the root
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Hepatica nobilis Mill. Ranunculaceae. Liverwort - not to be confused with the lichen of the same name. Distribution: North America. Liverwort (‘liver plant’): discontinued herbal medicine for disorders of the liver. The name and the use to which the Liverworts have been put medicinally is suggested, according to the doctrine of signatures, by the shape of the leaves which are three-lobed, like the liver. It is little used in modern herbalism but was employed in treating disorders of the liver and gall bladder, indigestion etc. It is highly toxic. Hepatica acutiloba was widely used for liver disorders in the 1880s, with up to 200,000 kilos of leaves being harvested per annum to make liver tonics - which eventually caused jaundice. Gerard (1633) calls it Hepaticum trifolium, Noble Liverwort, Golden Trefoile and herbe Trinity and writes: 'It is reported to be good against weakness of the liver which proceedeth from a hot cause, for it cooleth and strengtheneth it not a little. ' He adds ' Baptista Sardus [a Piedmontese physician fl. 1500] commendeth it and writeth that the chiefe vertue is in the root
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Indian Medical Folklore Calendar
Date: 1974Reference: WF/M/PB/31/13Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
The Indian physician, containing a new system of practice founded on medical plants : together with a description of their properties, localities and method of using, and preparing them a treatise on the causes and symptoms of disease, which are incident to human nature, with a safe and sovereign cure for them and the mode of treatment, in any stage of disease, for the use of families and practitioners of medicine / by Jonas Rishel.
Rishel, Jonas, 1788-1865.Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
Health and wellness in colonial America / Rebecca Tannenbaum.
Tannenbaum, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jo)Date: [2012]- Books
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New-Englands rarities discovered : in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country : together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores : also a perfect description of an Indian squa ... with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her : lastly, a chronological table of the most remarkable passages in that country amongst the English : illustrated with cuts / by John Josselyn, Gent.
Josselyn, John, active 1630-1675Date: 1672- Books
Cherokee medicine man : the life and work of a modern-day healer / Robert J. Conley.
Conley, Robert J.Date: 2007- Archives and manuscripts
Hodgkin family
Fox, Sarah, 1804-1890Date: 1737-1980Reference: PP/HO- Pictures
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A native American medicine man with elaborate body painting performing a dance. Wood engraving, 1873.
Date: 1873Reference: 21451i- Books
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The American herbal, or materia medica : wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known ; and their uses in the practice of physic and surgery exhibited ; comprehending an account of a large number of new medical discoveries and improvements, which are compiled from the best authorities ... / by Samuel Stearns.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: 1801- Books
"They decrease in numbers daily" : English and colonial perceptions of Indian disease in early America / by Martha K. Robinson.
Robinson, Martha K.Date: [2005], ©2005- Archives and manuscripts
Moodie, Roy Lee (1880-1934), palaeopathologist
Moodie, Roy Lee, 1880-1934.Date: 1907-1934Reference: MSS.5898-5938- Archives and manuscripts
'A Chameleon of Sorts: Autobiographical Vignettes' by Peter Karl Lewin
Lewin, Peter Karl, b.1935.Date: 2004Reference: MS.8369- Books
Mesoamerican healers / edited by Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom.
Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
Date: 1831-1848- Books
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Medical inquiries and observations / by Benjamin Rush.
Date: 1789- Books
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Medical inquiries and observations / by Benjamin Rush.
Date: 1805- Books
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New-Englands rarities discovered : in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country, together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores. Also a perfect description of an Indian squa, in all her bravery; with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her. By John Josselyn, Gent. The second addition. Illustrated with cuts.
Josselyn, John, active 1630-1675Date: 1675- Books
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Address before the Rocky Mountain Medical Association, June 6, 1877 : containing some observations on the geological age of the world, the appearance of animal life upon the globe, the antiquity of man, and the archaeological remains of extinct races found on the American continent, with views of the origin and practice of medicine among uncivilized races, more especially the North American Indians : To which is appended a synopsis of the previous addresses and also biographies of the members of the association / By J.M. Toner, M.D.
Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896.Date: 1877- Archives and manuscripts
West Indies and South America: sketch-book
Date: 1824-1825Reference: MS.3356Part of: McCormick, Robert (1800-1890)- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 21
Date: December 1905 - April 1907Reference: WF/E/03/21Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd