Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 4, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 86
Notes:
Asafoetida is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, perennial herbs growing 1 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 ft) tall.
Eliga L. Lawton (d. 1819) of Georgia graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1809. He served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812. Horace Mather Lippincott, The University of Pennsylvania, Franklin's College (Philadelphia, 1919), p. 211
Current Common Name:
Asafoetida
