Medicine

馬勃. Fungus. Lycoperdon giganticum met with in Central China in damp and marshy ground or adhering to rotten wood, but is most frequently found in rice fields, after the grain has been harvested. Applied in form of a powder after the spores have been broken and carefully sifted, to dry up ulcers and sores. Taken in diseases of the lungs and throat. From Sichuan province. Value at Ningbo, $24 per picul. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top.