Contents sealed in 160-year-old vial identified as a deadly laxative used by famed Japanese doctor
The strange contents of a medicine bottle from 19th century Japan have been discovered thanks to a unique x-ray analysis. Antique glass vials from a medical kit belonging to Ogata Koan, a leading proponent for Western medicine in late feudal Japan, had jammed shut from age. Researchers at Osaka University bombarded a bottle with muons, … Read more