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A Stone taken from the Stomach of a Horse

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 18, 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 21

Additional Source Text:

"Supposed to have caused his death, it has a piece of Iron, sharp pointed; a [nucleus?] collecting the hard substance round it. The person who gave it, said he had tried to dissolve it with various strong acids, without effect. but that it is dissolvable with the Ju[i]ce of Radishes."