Medicine

29-237-20

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

皂刺. The spines of the Gleditsia sinensis (Chinese honey locust). An anthelminitc and purgative. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $8.80 per picul. Tan slices with red/brown center and brown exterior. 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 3834 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.20 - Found in Collection Number

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