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Ch. 5: Snake Stones and Bezoars

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SNAKE STONES AND BEZOARS
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was even asserted that if a bezoar set in a ring were fre­quently placed in the mouth and sucked, this would afford a cure for poison by inducing a profuse perspiration.7 Be­sides its exceptional quality as an antidote for poisons, this stone was regarded as a panacea for all chronic and painful diseases, especially if taken each morning for several days, after the use of a cathartic.
Besides this use as a remedy or antidote, the bezoar was credited with the powers of an elixir of life, for some of the Hindus employed it as a preservative of youth and vigor. Twice a year, after dosing themselves with a strong cathartic medicine, they would take ten grains of powdered bezoar daily for fifteen days, and they are said to have derived great benefit from this treatment.8
The celebrated practical test of the bezoar's power as
*Aldrovandi, "Museum metallicum," Bononise, 1648, p. 809. •Ibid., p. 809.
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