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Bezoars

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  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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Catalogue

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    Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare.

    Slare, Frederick, 1646 or 1647-1727. | Date: 1715
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    Madstones / by Spencer L. Rogers.

    Rogers, Spencer Lee, 1905- | Date: 1971
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    Bezoars and the collection of Henri van Heurck (1838-1909) / by R. van Tassel.

    Tassel, R. van. | Date: [1970]
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    Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47073i
    • Archives and manuscripts
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    M0000715: Goa stone in an ornate case with lid

    | Date: January 1930 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/7/27
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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