Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599.

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Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Four eagle-stone geodes, and a 'pregnant eagle-stone'. Eaglestones, or aetites, were carried by pregnant women to promote childbirth. From Ferranta Imperato, Dell'historica naturale (Naples, 1599).

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