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Paper, 'De la naturaleza de la piedra baazar' [On the nature of the 'baazar' stone] by John Evelyn

Reference number: CLP/15i/33

Date: March 1680

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Evelyn describes a medical ritual involving a stone, which occurs in Persia and on a small island near India, in which the stone is ground up like flour and poured into the mouth, or dipped in water and rubbed on a white cloth.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 25 March 1680

Reference number
CLP/15i/33
Earliest possible date
March 1680
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'De la naturaleza de la piedra baazar' [On the nature of the 'baazar' stone] by John Evelyn, March 1680, CLP/15i/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_33/paper-de-la-naturaleza-de-la-piedra-baazar-on-the-nature-of-the-baazar-stone-by-john-evelyn, accessed on 04 December 2025

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