Fossil Crab

Picture Picture
Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719


 Fossil Crab, Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565

History:

The Chinese Pen Tsao Kang Mu listed Fossil Crabs to promote Labor and cleanse the Afterbirth. It was said to Induce Miscarriage.. It is also regarded as
Alexipharmic, used for Mineral, Metal and Vegetable Poisons. The finely levigated powder was applied to Opacities of the Eyes.