Medicine
29-237-153
From: China | Fujian
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-153 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Fujian |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 白蛇退. Snake's skin. To relieve itching in skin diseases, for piles, fistula. From Fujian province. Value at Xiamen, 20 cents per tael. 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 | 4372 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.160 - Found in Collection Number |
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