The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 254
muscles with the ponderouspestle, and with what mingledfeelings he would essay the taskof pounding half a hundred-weight of aloes to begin hisdays work and give him anappetite for his midday meal.These large mortars were usuallybell-shaped in form, as illustrated in Fig. 6, andcomposed of iron or… … FIG. 6. 236 Alchemy and Pharmacy. in bright array on the counter. The pestleswere made flat, top and bottom, so that eitherend could be used for pounding. The bell-metal mortar depicted in Fig. 7dates from the time of Oliver Cromwell, andbears the arms of the Commonwealth on bothsides. It was…
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