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Type of Object
Pestle
Date of Manufacture
1840-1870
Physical Details
Small ceramic pestle. Pestle is bulb-shaped, wider at the base than at the top. Very simple design. No accompanying mortar.
Dimensions
2.5 cm. x 6.5 cm. x 2 cm.
Medical Subject
Drug Compounding -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1983.25c
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Small Pestle, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00128.jpg