Root Digging in the Appalachians
The Geography of Botanical Drugs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4490728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward T Price (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1960-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/212332 |
| OpenAlex | W184817096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
vation and synthetic imitation; but it survives on both domestic and commercial scales in parts of the United States. DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANICALS Determining the medicinal plants and their uses was a part of the pioneer's task of learning to live in North America. John Josselyn, writing in London in 1672 after a visit to New England,' described a score of curative American herbs, most of which are still in use; but Thomas Glover, chirurgeon, after a visit to Virginia about the same time, felt that the medical possibilities of the flora there had not been given much attention by the colonists.2 Many of the colonists' remedies were adopted directly from the Indians, so that the settlers had an opportunity to obtain instruction in the use of
Archaeology · Digging · Geography · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2013 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |