Cervi Priapus, c1745-1807

Description

Glass specie jar containing specimens of deer penile bone. From the Burges Collection.

Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 125. No. 42. Cervi priapus. Ph. Lond : 1721.’

Pomet, in his Compleat History of Druggs, says that ‘The Powder or Filings of the Pizzle, given in Wine, is diuretick, and very good against Cholick and Dysentery: Some have affirm’d it provokes to Venery.’