Medicine
29-237-121
From: China | Manchuria
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-121 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Manchuria |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 沙蒺莉 (沙蒺藜). Taken for spermatorrhea and by women during pregnancy. From Manchuria. Value at Ningbo, $20 per picul. "Possibly fruits of a ceratophyllium" according to label in bottle. 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 | 4187 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.120 - Found in Collection Number |
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