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USES OF PLANTS BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. a 



System or part affected 



Diseases ot women. 



Do. 



Do- 



Do. 



Symptoms 



Confinement 



.do. 



.do. 



Do. 



Disease of eye. 



Do 



Do... 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do.. 



Disease of ear. 

 Do 



.do. 



Broken breast. 



Soreness. 



Soreness . 



Cataract . 



Sty or inflammation 

 of lid. 



Sty 



Soreness. 

 do... 



Botanical name 



Caltha palustris L.f (Cowslip).. 

 Sanicula canadensis L.f (Bur 



snakeroot.) 

 Aselepias syriaca L.f (Common 



milkweed.) 



Prenanthes alba L. (Rattlesnake 

 root.) 



Cirsium (species doubtful). t 



(Thistle.) 

 Taraxacum officinale Weber. f 



(Dandelion.) 

 Prunus (species doubtful). 



(Plum.) 



Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Torr. 

 (Jaek-in-the-pulpit.) 



Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt. 

 (Pipsissiwa.) 



Cornus alternifolia L.f. f (Dog- 

 wood.) 



Corn us alternifera L. f.f 



Cornus stolonifera Michx. (Red- 

 osier dogwood.) 

 Alnus incana (L.) Moench. 

 (Alder.) 



Heueherahispida Pursh. (Alum- 

 root.) 



Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill. f 



Rosa (species doubtful). (Rose).. 

 Rubus strigosus Michx. (Red 

 raspberry.) 



Hordeum jubatum L. (Squirrel- 

 tail.) 



Streptopus roseus Michx. (Twist- 

 ed-stalk.) 



Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 

 (Dogbane). 



Aster nemoralis Ait. (Aster) 



Part of plant used 



Root . 

 ....do 



....do 



.do., 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



do.. 



do.. 



Leaves . 



Inner bark of root 

 do 



Root. 



-do_ 

 -do. 

 -do_ 



1 A young Chippewa woman whose husband was unable to support a large family said that her mother 

 told her of an herb to prevent childbearing and that she took it. In this connection it is interesting to 

 note that a physician of more than 20 years' experience in the Indian Service told the writer that on all 

 the reservations where he had been stationed he was aware that the Indian women used such an herb 

 and that he had not seen any injurious results from its use. 



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



