Loadstone, mounted in brass

Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing diseases by touch

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Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing diseases by touch
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Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing diseases by touch, in box, Elizabethan, 1558-1603

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A71952
Materials:
loadstone, brass, loadstone, iron, loadstone, mineral and box, paper
type:
lodestones
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)