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  1. NLM Digital Collections - Flight surgeon's handbook 
    Publication: Randolph Field, Tex. : School of Aviation Medicine, [1943]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/9102641
    ... with abnormally dry skin. 264. PLANT POISONINGS, a. Ackee poisoning; vomiting sickness of Jamaica. (1) Cause: Ingestion of unripe fruit of ackee tree. (2) Occurrence: Jamaica and other islands of ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - History of the Indian tribes of the United States : their present condition and prospects, ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1857
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/60341390R
    ... wabun, the east, or place of daylight, and ackee, earth, or land. 4 Wood's New England Prospect. ... In 1682, Penn proArided a like haven of safety for the persecuted Quakers, Avho came thither^ professing ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Guide to Nassau, Island of New Providence, Bahamas, West Indies : with illustrations from ... 
    Publication: New York : Lawrence & Allen, stationers and printers, 1876
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101183868
    ... grape, custard (Jamaica) apple, ground nut, bread fruit, ackee, citron, mandarin, shaddock, rose apple, fig, mango, abacado, ... the North until December, and cannot return with safety until May. Besides, the distance of St. Thomas ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Jungle warfare 
    Publication: Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 1941
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/1308043R
    ... magnesium sulphate or calamine lotion. ffl 6. Akee (Blighia sapica).—a. Description.—A tree with smooth, oblong ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - World's Fair : Jamaica at Chicago : an account descriptive of the colony of Jamaica, with ... 
    Publication: New York : Wm. J. Pell, printer, [1893]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101190056
    ... in which Otaheite apple trees predominate, interspersed with ackees, mangoes and cotton trees. The glory has departed ... the white inhabitants. They retired for rest and safety to Bal lard’s Valley, where they l>egan ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing .... 
    Publication: New York : Fowlers and Wells, 1854
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/62421050R
    ... SHAPED, OB OEANOE QUINCE. The Aku, or Aker {Blighia sapida), is a native of Guinea and but ... Cure. With Authenticated Evidence of its Efficacy and Safety. Containing a Detailed Account of the Various Processes ...