The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 250
illustrated in Fig. i is composed of wood>and was brought from Central Africa. InIndia, stone mortars with wooden pestles havefor centuries been used for shelling and pound-ing rice. Fig. 2 represents a Cingalese mortarof stone, from two to three feet in height, takenfrom a drawing of the…
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric · Alchemy · Pharmacy
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