Garden by Dr. Howard's Office in Greenfield Village, August 2008

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Artifact Overview

Dr. Alonson B. Howard, a physician in rural Tekonsha, Michigan, used plants in his practice. He dried, crushed, decocted, extracted, and purified parts of skunk cabbage, bloodroot, blue vervain, boneset, and white snakeroot among others into pills, powders, and tinctures. In 2008, the Village Herb Associates planted other medicinal herbs near Howard's relocated office to convey the importance of plants to medicine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Date Made

15 August 2008

Subject Date

15 August 2008

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.6934

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

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Garden by Dr. Howard's Office in Greenfield Village, August 2008