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Albert C. (Albert Cornelius) Crawford

1869–1921

A physician, pharmacologist, and botanical toxicologist, he wrote about the chemistry behind poisonous plants and livestock disease in the American West. His work blends careful laboratory science with field investigation, giving early scientific readers a close look at how toxic substances affect living systems.

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Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease

Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease

by Albert C. (Albert Cornelius) Crawford

About the author

Born in Baltimore on June 10, 1869, he trained as a physician at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, earning his M.D. in 1893. He also studied at Johns Hopkins and later served there as an assistant in pharmacology, building the scientific background that shaped his later research career.

Crawford went on to work as a pharmacologist for the United States Department of Agriculture, where he investigated poisonous plants and related animal illnesses. His published work includes Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease, along with studies of mountain laurel, larkspur, and other toxic plants affecting livestock.

From 1910 until his death in 1921, he was a professor of pharmacology at Stanford. Remembered as both a medical educator and a researcher, he stands out for bringing together medicine, chemistry, and plant science in an era when those fields were still taking shape.