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Fisher ( - fl. c. 1698)
Relevant locations: Visited Patuxent River, MarylandRelationships: Fisher was a donor to James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Fisher was a friend of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
T. [Captain] Fisher (fl. 1675-) was a same person as? (uncertain) Fisher
References in Documents:
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669) 41. Chrystophoriana Americana
Aconitum
662.
Mr.Fisher , a Friend of mine, brought me this
fromPotuxen River in Maryland , and he tells me, they
there call it,
the
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lons of
strained, they drink half a Pint of it every Morning,
either alone, or mixt with any other Drink.
He assured me it cured him, and severai others in the
same Ship he came from thence in.
racemosa baccis niveis &41.
662.
rubrisMoris.
Cornut.76.
Park.379.
Moris. H.
Ox.8.
Ox.
Ray H. Pl.
662.
rubris
H.Ox. 8.
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Tab.2.
Fig. opt.7 Amer.
baccis niveis&
rubrisPark 379.
Fig.
Aconitum
baccis niveis&
rubris Corn.76.
Raii H. Pl.
662.
Mr.
Root
from
there call it,
Rich-Root, and use it as a
specifickagainst
the
Scurvy; they boyl about a Pound of it in two Gal
lons of
Cyder, till but two Quarts remain, and being
strained, they drink half a Pint of it every Morning,
either alone, or mixt with any other Drink.
He assured me it cured him, and severai others in the
same Ship he came from thence in.