#pre-revolution china
George Silk: Shanghai Pharmacies, 1946
1. Dry lizard and rattle snake powder used for medical cures
2. Shopping in Shanghais largest pharmacy
3. Dried umbilical cords, supposedly good for general health and fertility
4. Kai Kou-Shao sitting in his pharmacy with some of the stuffed animals he keeps around and also a live duck, all of which have some sort of curative significance
5. Seals kidneys used for medical purposes
6. A clerk at the Pao Dah pharmacy weighing a seal kidney for a customer
7. Horns of a very young stag and a stag foetus, used for Chinese cures; the horns of the stag are made into medication containing hormones and the foetus is symbol of fertility
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George Silk: Tiger Bones series, Shanghai, 1946
1. Dr. Chen Chu, a tiger bone doctor, standing in his pharmacy
2. Dr. Chen Chu feeding a caged tiger a strip of meat
3. Dr. Chen Chu bandaging an arm after applying some tiger bone balm
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George Silk: Street vendor with tiger bones for those who wish to make their own medicine, Shanghai, 1946
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