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Benjamin Smith Barton

Drawing: Hieracium

[depiction of Hieracium plant]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Drawing: Saxifraga

[depiction of Saxifraga plant]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Drawing: Tussilago

[depiction of Tussilago plant]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Cover

[cover of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 1

[page 1 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 2

[page 2 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 3

[page 3 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 4

[page 4 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 5

[page 5 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 6

[page 6 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 7

[page 7 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 8

[page 8 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Poem: Page 9

[page 9 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

Notes about Self-Experimentation

[page 9 of poem]

(image courtesy of American Philosophical Society)

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Source

Benjamin Smith Barton; drawings, notes, and a poem.

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