• DOI:10.1007/BF02861293
Corpus ID: 23460522

The Medicine and Medicinal Plants of C. S. Rafinesque

@article{Flannery2008TheMA,
  title={The Medicine and Medicinal Plants of C. S. Rafinesque},
  author={M. Flannery},
  journal={Economic Botany},
  year={2008},
  volume={52},
  pages={27-43}
}

M. Flannery

Published 2008

Biology

Economic Botany

This paper pursues the lead of Bart K. Holland in utilizing classic literature as a guide to the pharmacologic potentialities of natural products. Instead of focusing on European texts, however, American medicinal plants are examined through the work of the influential naturalist Constantine S. Rafinesque (1783-1840). Rafinesque is discussed with special attention to his activities as a medical botanist. In particular, the plant species monographed in the main section of hisMedical Flora of the… CONTINUE READING

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