Ellagic acid bezoar in fragments

Made:
France

Ellagic acid bezoar in fragments, green, in glass specimen tube

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642543
Materials:
ellagic acid, tube, glass and tube, plastic
Measurements:
g: weight 0.9
type:
bezoar

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