Umbilicus Marinus Verus, c1745-1807
Description
Glass specie jar containing specimens of ‘true’ Umbilicus Marinus. From the Burges Collection.
Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 118. No. 86. Umbilicus Marinus Verus.’
Pomet, in his Compleat History of Druggs, says that ‘What the Latins call Umbilicus Marinus, i.e. Sea-Navel, is the Covering of a Cockle or Sea Snail’
