A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl

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Title

A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl

Description

Jaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream where three landlords’ estates met. The water was scooped with the big bowl, called a kapp, and the patient sipped it with the little dish. This dish is made from whalebone. Customs & Folklore gallery FPL 2012.480

Contributor

museums@eu-lac.org

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

6007

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Shetland Museum and Archive

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TEXT

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DescriptionEN

Jaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream where three landlords’ estates met. The water was scooped with the big bowl, called a kapp, and the patient sipped it with the little dish. This dish is made from whalebone. Customs & Folklore gallery FPL 2012.480

Prim Media

213

Citation

“A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl,” EU-LAC, accessed November 23, 2024, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/6397.

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