Madstone

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Object Details

Description

In the nineteenth-century, some Americans believed that a visit to a mad-stone, or application of a mad-stone, would counteract the poison inflicted by a bite from a rabid dog or poisonous snake. This stone is of that sort.

Location

Currently not on view

ID Number

1985.0687.01

catalog number

1985.0687.01

accession number

1985.0687

Object Name

madstone

Measurements

overall: 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; .635 cm x 9.2075 cm x 5.3975 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Rabies

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-fb66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1456018