Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby, called Dr. Anna on the frontier, is credited today with identifying white snakeroot as the cause of the illness, but she was said to have been told about the plant's properties by a Shawnee woman she befriended.
Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby, called Dr. Anna on the frontier, is credited today by the medical community with identifying white snakeroot as the cause of the illness. She was said to have been told about the plant's properties by an elderly Shawnee woman she befriended.