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]