Medicine
29-237-90
From: China | Zhejiang
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Zhejiang |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 蜈蚣. A decoction of centipede is used in gonorrhea; powdered they are applied externally to venereal sores. From Zhejiang province. Value at Ningbo, $150 per picul. Centipede. 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 | 4053 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.92 - Found in Collection Number |
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