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USES OF PLANTS BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIAN'S [eth. ann. 44 



System or part affected 



Symptoms 



Botanical name 



Part of plant used 

 Small shoots 



Wood 



Stalk 



Gum 



Root _. 



Flowers 



Leaves and flow- 

 ers. 



Inner bark 



do 



do 



Equal amounts of 

 root, bud and 

 blossom. 



Root 



Nervous system. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Circulatory system. 

 Do 



Do. 



Do. 



Convulsions . 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



" Craziness' 



Heart. 



....do 



Heart palpitation. 



.do. 



Hicoria alba. (Hickory.). 



Thuja occidentalis L.f (Arbor 

 vitae.) 



Corylus americana Walt. (Ha- 

 zel.) 



Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.f (Bal- 

 sam fir.) 



Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb. 

 (Five-finger.) 



Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. 

 (Blueberry.) 



Petalostemon purpureus (Vent) 

 Rydb. (Prairie clover.) 



Quercus macrocarpa Muhl. (Bur 

 oak.) 



Quercus rubn. L.t (Red oak) 



Populus tremuloides Michx. ( As- 

 pen. > 



Populus balsamifera L.t (Bal- 

 sam poplar.) 



Polygala senaga L. 

 snakeroot.) 



(Seneca 



Apocynum androsaemilifolium L. 

 (Dogbane.) 



Artemesiadracunculoidest Pursh. 

 (flowering plant). (Mugwort.) 



(1) Leaves and 

 flowers. 



(2) Leaves 



t Plants thus marked are mentioned in the United States Pharmacopoeia. (See p. 299.) 



