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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.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Central America: account of native Americans of Darien, by Emanuel Cardenas
Date: c.1852Reference: PP/HO/D/D177Part of: Hodgkin family- Pictures
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John Wesley preaching to native Americans. Engraving.
Reference: 546308i- Archives and manuscripts
South America: extracts from the writings of Baron Humboldt on the treatment of native Americans
Date: 19th CenturyReference: PP/HO/D/D178Part of: Hodgkin family- Archives and manuscripts
Accounts of surrenders of land by native Americans in Canada, as laid before Yearly Meeting
Date: c.1838Reference: PP/HO/D/D170-171Part of: Hodgkin family- Archives and manuscripts
Collection of facts concerning state of native Americans, from the narratives by Tanner and Heckwelder
Date: 19th centuryReference: PP/HO/D/D167Part of: Hodgkin family- Digital Images
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Silphium perfoliatum L. Asteraceae Indian Cup. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that another species, S. compositum, was used by Native Americans to produce a chewing gum from the dried sap of the roots, and Native American medicinal uses for 'Indian Cup' are probably referrable to S. compositum and not S. perfoliatum. Silphium perfoliatum contains enzymes that inhibit trypsin and chymotrypsin which gives it resistance to fungal, bacterial and insect attacks. Male gall wasps (Antisotrophus rufus) alter the chemistry of the plant to enable them to locate females, making it a 'signpost' plant. The gall wasp lays its eggs in the stem of Silphium laciniatum, to provide food for the larva on emergence, and the galls containing a male or a female wasp will cause the plant to give off a different chemical odour. Emerging male wasps can search for female wasps, which emerge later, by locating this chemical fragrance which acts as a sex pheromone proxy (Tooker et al Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 26
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Virginia: costumes, customs, and dwellings of the native Americans. Engraving, 1732.
Chatelain, Henri Abraham.Date: 1732Reference: 563068i- Archives and manuscripts
Printed address to Congress by President Martin van Buren, including report on relations with various tribes of native Americans
Date: 1838Reference: PP/HO/D/D166Part of: Hodgkin family- Books
Plant dispersal by native North Americans in the Canadian subarctic / M. Jean Black.
Black, M. Jean.Date: 1978- Pictures
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A missionary preaching to native Americans. Engraving by T.C Clark after Monroe.
Monroe.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29988i- Archives and manuscripts
Paper on position of native Americans in Canada, possibly for the Aborigines Protection Society, occasioned by visit of Catherine Sutton of the Ojibway tribe
Date: 19th CenturyReference: PP/HO/D/D173Part of: Hodgkin family- Books
Early native Americans : prehistoric demography, economy, and technology / edited by David L. Browman.
Date: [1980], ©1980- Digital Images
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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. Combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
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Four groups of families representing native North Americans' united support against HIV/AIDS by the Chiefs of Ontario. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 668471i- Digital Images
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Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Native American directory : Alaska, Canada, United States.
Date: 1982- Pictures
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The shadow of a native American man wearing a head-dress emerging from flames; warning to native Americans to practice safe sex by using condoms by the American Indian Health Care Assocation. Colour lithograph by Christopher Sheriff and Edward Sheriff Curtis, 1990.
Date: 1990Reference: 668063i- Pictures
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The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Engraving by J. Thomson after J. Trumbull.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.Date: 1770Reference: 547586i- Pictures
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Saint Francis Xavier (?), holding a crucifix and supported by artillery, is preaching to a group of native Americans (?). Etching, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 563352i- Digital Images
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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Licensed as a Traditional Herbal Remedy in the UK (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Red River Settlement, Canada: a Christian missionary preaching to native North Americans. Watercolour attributed to an unidentified person called 'The Empire Traveller', ca. 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 575268i- Pictures
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The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Coloured engraving by J. C. Armytage after J. Trumbull.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.Date: 1770Reference: 547586i