Medicine
29-237-96
From: China | Sichuan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-96 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 胆矾 (膽). Bluestone. In powder applied to sores, etc.; as a lotion applied to bad eyes; used also as an injection. Astringent, vulnerary, etc. From Sichuan province. Value at Ningbo, $17 per picul. Blue stone-like piece. 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 | 4097 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.101 - Found in Collection Number |
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