Medicine

29-237-21

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-21
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

杏仁. Almonds. Kernels of fruit of the sweet variety of the genus Amygdales, said to be sedative, antispasmodic. Used in confectionary. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $25 per picul. Brown seeds. 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 3835 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.21 - Found in Collection Number

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