Medicine

29-237-76

From: China | Zhejiang | Hangzhou

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-76
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Zhejiang | Hangzhou
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

元參. To check internal hemorrhage and for coughs and colds. From Hangzhou, Zhejiang province (Hangchow-fu, Chehkiang province). Value at Ningbo, $4.00 per picul. Black plant shavings. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top.

Credit Line Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903
Other Number 4024 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.79 - Found in Collection Number

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