The MUSC Porcher Medicinal Garden is a living tribute to MUSC alumnus and professor Dr. Francis Peyre Porcher. The garden is located in the heart of MUSC’s campus, nestled between the Main Library, Basic Science Building, and Drug Discovery Building. The garden is planted with more than forty species of plants selected from those cataloged in Dr. Porcher’s 

 (1863). Next to each plant is a sign detailing the plant’s scientific name, its common name, its description and habitat, and its nineteenth-century therapeutic uses.

" provides detailed information about Dr. Porcher, his work, and the therapeutic value of the plants in the garden.

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by Dr. Porcher for his book "Resources of the Fields and Forests of South Carolina from the Francis Peyre Porcher Papers collection, MSS 299.)