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Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy is a Humanities Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English and a secondary concentration in Global Health and Health Policy.

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Wolfsbane: A Poisonous Beauty

With a complex history related to hunting, magic, and madness, wolfsbane offers a glimpse into vernacular plant names and their associations with animals.