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Ch. 5: Snake Stones and Bezoars

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236         THE MAGIC OP JEWELS AND CHARMS
by the authorized dealers of the Brahmin caste. The in­stance he gives of the successful use of such a stone is not altogether incredible, as, should one of the less active poisons be sucked out of a wound shortly after this were inflicted, a cure might well be effected. In view of the great difference
in the virulence of poisons and the varying degrees of the sen­sibility to toxic effects, it is not strange that the snake-stones should sometimes seem to give good results. Tavernier states that these stones were brought to India by Portuguese sol-
0Tavernier, "Voyages en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes," Paris, 1718, vol. ii, p. 392; liv. ii, chap. 24.
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