Medicine
29-237-168
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-168 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 琥珀. Amber. Taken in the form of powders for gonorrhea and spermatorrhea. Applied to ulcerated cornea. From Jiangsu province. Value at Xiamen (Amoy) per catty (斤). One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. The number on the label is hard to read. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 4359? - Other Number | CG98-1-72.159 - Found in Collection Number |
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