LJ: are you gonna stick your “expert” nose in on this?
In the late 1800’s, the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia proclaimed the existence of a botanical-based remedy for smallpox. During this time, Herbert Miles, the Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Artillery, reported that during an outbreak of smallpox “an old squaw going amongst them, and treating the cases with (a botanical) infusion…was so successful as to cure every case”. This botanical infusion was later described as being derived from the carnivorous plant, Sarracenia purpurea [1], [2].
from link to NIH library seen above WWG1WWA OP:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302891/
Very interesting, I know nothing about that. From what I’ve read smallpox has about 30% fatality rate; and those who survived often had large pox scars on the body. I don’t know anything more than that. A carnivorous plant; they are likely hard to cultivate, so probably need to be collected from the wild, likely not very common.