Betula Lenta, Black Birch Bark
date: label: date made
content: 1891
notes: label: Description
content: One of thrirty-six (36) specimens of medicinal botanicals indigenous to the United States. Donated to the National Museum by Parke, Davis & Company in 1891. Beginning in the 1870s, the company sent expeditions into Central, South, and western North America, Fiji Islands, and the West Indies to collect plants used by indigenous peoples as medicines. In this way, the company expanded its product line and introduced new plant drugs to a broader population.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Parke, Davis and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.142171
label: catalog number
content: 142171
label: accession number
content: 23597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crude Drug
label: Other Terms
content: Crude Drug; Pharmaceutical; Vegetable