Madstone
notes: label: Description
content: A madstone is a stone usually found in the intestines of animals, and that is thought to have the ability to absorb the poison from rabid dogs. Hazel Jelinek, the Missouri woman who donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1951, stated that it had been in her family for several generations.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Hazel Jelinek
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06557
label: catalog number
content: M-06557
label: accession number
content: 191192
objectType: label: Object Name
content: madstone
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 9/16 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 3.96875 cm x 3.4925 cm x .9525 cm