"Promulgated for the purpose of spreading medical light and information in America," Samuel Stearns' herbal is the first to be printed in the United States and incorporates information from the traditions of American Indians. Excerpt from The American herbal, or materia medica by Samuel Stearns, showing the beginning of the list of herbs beginning with "A"
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