Garden by Dr. Howard's Office in Greenfield Village, August 2008
THF49829 / 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
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.6939
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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Alonson Howard practiced medicine in rural Tekonsha, Michigan, starting around the time of the Civil War. He was an "eclectic" physician, combining Western medicine and surgery with the herbal and homeopathic methods popular in the 19th century. This building was the waiting room, office and laboratory for Doc Howard and his patients. He also made herbal medicines here.
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