Glass stoppered jar with nut amulet containing mercury

Glass stoppered jar with nut amulet containing mercury Glass stoppered jar containing nut amulet containing mercury

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Glass stoppered jar containing nut amulet containing mercury
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Glass stoppered jar containing nut amulet containing mercury, from Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, Haute-Vienne, France, 1800-1869. Used against childern's diseases, particularly worms and convulsions.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666091
Materials:
glass, nut and mercury
Measurements:
overall: 60 mm 36 mm, .073 kg
type:
amulet