Medicine
29-237-85
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-85 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 簍皮. Melon peel. Decocted with other medicines, it is taken for coughs, colds and asthma. An aperient. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $15,60 per picul. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. This jar is different than the others as it has a D on the bottom. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 4042 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.87 - Found in Collection Number |
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