Collection place: Northern California / Donor: Edward W. Gifford / Function: 8.2 Medicine and Hygiene - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Galls, accession number 1-19560, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; parasite, oak leaf (gall nuts). Used as eye medicine. Galls made by Dryophanta echina.

Hearst Museum object titled Stem, accession number 1-19561, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Shrub stem. A cure-all.

Hearst Museum object titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.