delivery." " An Eagle Stone hath another stone that rattles within it, (which is called Collimus)."
As
for "its vertues," " it provokes the birth, if it be bound to a woman's
thighs ; but if to the arm, keeps it up. But you must remove it
presently, after delivery, lest it draws the matrix towards it." " What
we call the Eagle Stones," writes M. Pomet, "chief druggist to the
present French king," 1712, " are certain Stones that are hollow in the
middle, and contain in them a stony nut, or kernel, that makes a noise
when we shake them. We commonly find but four sorts of them, that are
indifferently called, in Latin Lapis Mtites, but the kernel, Collimus. They
are found both in Germany, and in Portugal. It is now no longer
believed that they are discovered in the eagle's nest." " Authors
believe that reduc'd to powder, and mix'd in a cerate, it lessens the
paroxysms, or fits of the epilepsy, if apply'd to the head." " 'Tis
also said that the marie, or clay, that is found in the hollow, is
sudorifick, and will stop the flux of the belly." M. Lemery adds, " It
is astringent, and proper to stop loosenesses, and hemorrhages, if
taken inwardly. The kernel, which is softer than the stone, is more
advantageous for all the same purposes."
"
They are call'd iEtites, that signifies aquiline, or, of the eagle ;
because it was believ'd that the eagles furnished their nests with
these stones to preserve their young." " Without which stones,—of two
kinds ; the male, and a female,—they bring not forth," said Dr. Salmon
— Pharmacopeia Londinensis — 1696. Dios-corides (Be Materia Medico) gives
a strange account as to how the Eagle Stone was formerly employed to
detect petty thefts. All the suspected persons being called together,
flour was kneaded up in their presence,
