Pelliculae Ventriculi Gallinae, c1745-1807

Description

Glass specie jar containing stomach linings of hen. From the Burges Collection.

Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 129. No. 97. Pelliculae Ventriculi Gallinae.’

Harrod says that ‘The stomach lining of the fowl was said to be astringent’.