Medicine
29-237-41
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-41 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 桔梗. Bellwort. Root of the Platycodon grandiflorum. A tonic and stomachic; taken for syphilis. From Jiangsu povince. Value at Zhenjiang, $7.50 per picul. Long slices of tan and brown wood. 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 | 3901 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.41 - Found in Collection Number |
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