Medicine
29-237-75
From: China | Sichuan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-75 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 冬花. A plant resembling the Chrysanthemum. Used in affections of the eye and as an antidote to the poisonous effects of opium. From Sichuan province. Value at Ningbo, $25 per picul. Small brown fragments in cloudy container. 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 | 4022 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.78 - Found in Collection Number |
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