Medicine
29-237-82
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-82 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 大蔴子 (大麻子？). Castor oil beans. The broken kernels of the nuts are applied in the form of a poultice to wounds, cuts, etc.; the oil expressed from them is used in the manufacture of candles. From Jiangsu province. Value at Ningbo, $3 per picul. Small long pellets. 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 | 4037 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.84 - Found in Collection Number |
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