Culpeper… Nicholas Culpeper on Sassafras 22 Aug 2020September 30, 2020 The Pharmacopoeia's Monopoly on Knowledge In 1618, the Royal College of Physicians of London published one of their grand works, the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. The book's authority was bolstered by James…
Humours… Sassafras and Natural Philosophy 21 Aug 2020September 30, 2020 Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, doctors and apothecaries conceptualized the medical use of sassafras within the framework of natural philosophy. Medicine in the early-modern era had more in…
Documents… Monardes and Gerard on Sassafras 18 Jul 2017September 30, 2020 In a previous post, I described how Nicolas Monardes’ description of sassafras laid the foundation for future authors to understand the physical and medicinal properties of the sassafras and its…
Documents… How were the English Introduced to Sassafras? 11 Jul 2017September 30, 2020 The introduction of sassafras to the English imagination took a circuitous route. Printed knowledge of the tree probably first appeared in English through the publishing of Joyfull Newes out of…
Indians… Indian uses for Sassafras 17 Nov 2016October 12, 2020 Indians have various and sundry medicinal uses for sassafras (Sassafras albidum). Highlights Sassafras has medicinal usesGrows in eastern North America from Florida to CanadaKnown by multiple names82 medicinal uses for…
