Allen,
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related
Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Anthropological Papers #3 (33)

poke root, mullein leaves, wild cherry and black cohosh barks for
rheumatism.
great mullein, plum root and glycerine and used as a syrup for lung trouble
great mullein, plum root and glycerine and used as a syrup for catarrh.

I got this information from Moerman's American Indian Ethnobotany database
on the Net. A very comprehensive and inclusive resource.

John Dendy
Archeologist
Dynamac Corporation
Fort Riley, KS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Vegotsky [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:52 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Information on patent medicines
>
>         I am doing some research on patent medicines found at an urban
> site
> in Columbus, Georgia.  Although I have checked through a number of bottle
> references, I could find only limited information on the following
> bottles:
> Darby's Prophylactic Fluid, Dr. Dickey's Eye Water, Dodson's Liver-tone,
> Gude's Peptomangan, Dr. Hood's Eureka Liver Medicine, Taylor's Sweet Gum
> and
> Mullein.  The information I am looking for includes dates of manufacture,
> historical data, actual contents of the products, advertising.  Taylor's
> Sweet Gum and Mullein was claimed to be a Cherokee remedy and I would love
> to find documentation to prove or disprove this claim.
>
> Allen Vegotsky
> [log in to unmask]