Artwork : ArchiveNo00151

Medicine 1545

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Mary Rose
Contributor Image	Andy_Elkerton.jpg
Profession
Location	Portsea
Collection Date	06.06.08 2.42pm
Artefact Name	Medicine
Artefact Description	It would have been a liquid originally. Stored in a glass jar currently. The medicine is ‘Polypody root extract oil’ – ‘Polypodie or Oke Ferne’ is the Tudor name. Terracotta ceramic jar originally stored the medicine. Two handles and original cork. 20 x 16cm
Artefact Date	1545
Artefact Stored	Mary Rose store
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	medicine_jar.jpg
Sample Taken	Medicine from inside jar
Sample Image
History of Artefact	It was found in barber / surgeon’s cabin in a terracotta, ceramic jar of Portuguese origin with a cork in the top. It was used when a patient felt melancholy, ‘draws out fleame and cholor’. The barber / surgeon would have administered this as well as cutting hair!
Historian	Andy Elkerton
Previous Owners	Barber / surgeon
Special Memories
Artwork Image	00151web.jpg

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