Spherical goa stone

Made:: 1600-1700

Spherical goa stone, used as a remedy for many diseases, in elaborately chased silver gilt case, 17th century

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642465

Materials:: case, gold and case, silver

type:: goa stones

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Spherical Goa stone, 1601-1700

Spherical goa stone, used as a remedy for many diseases. A Goa stone is an amalgam of fever remedies combined in a small hard ball. In the 17th century they were popular as a treatment for many diseases.