Two Hundred Years of Pharmacy in Mississippi by Leslie Caine Campbell Early in the nineteenth century the Choctaw alikchi chito, or "big doctor," gathered medicinal herbs for Mississippi practitioner Gideon Lincecum and told him of their traditional usage. Lincecum preserved the plants, accompanied by his carefully made notations. More than a hundred years later Lincecum's compilation was rediscovered by historians and brought to the attention of drug researchers at the University of Mississippi. As a result, some of these plants are being cultivated in the School of Pharmacy's drug gardens. Bridging two cultures and two centuries, university researchers are using advanced spectroscopy and computer technology as they follow the clues of Indian lore in developing compounds for use in modern medicine. This historical link to the present from Mississippi's past is one of the dramatic developments traced in this book. Noted briefly are connections between pharmacy and famous...

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