The Market for Bovine Gallstones

The Market for Bovine Gallstones: China, Latin America and the Question of Stabilisation Bovine gallstones – often referred to as cow bezoar or Calculus bovis / niu huang – are tiny in volume but gigantic in value. Formed in the gallbladder or bile ducts of cattle,...

The hand, a high-demand area

Context: the hand, a high-demand area The skin of the hands is: * highly exposed to repeated washing, detergents and alcohol-based disinfectants; * subjected to mechanical stress (friction, tools, cold, UV); * poor in sebaceous glands, and therefore more prone to...