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
Description
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
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- 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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