theriaca


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Related to theriaca: Theriaca andromachi

theriac, theriaca

a compound of sixty-four drugs made into an electuary by pulverization and the addition of honey, formerly used as an antidote for poison. Also called Venice treacle. — theriac, theriacal, therial, adj.
See also: Remedies
a compound of sixty-four drugs made into an electuary, formerly used as an antidote for poison. Also called Venice Treacle. — theriac, theriacal, therial, adj.
See also: Drugs
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Fragment #21 -- Scholiast on Nicander, Theriaca, 452:
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sealing clay and theriaca or by its moderate temperament which cools what is warm and warms what is cold.
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El medico renacentista Andres Laguna no hace una especial referencia a las propiedades medicinales de los ajos, solamente comenta que iguales propiedades tienen los que crecen salvajes como los cultivados, aunque si senala que constituian <<familiar Theriaca de rusticas gentes>> indicando el uso popular en medicina lo que equivalia a senalar que entre las clases sociales de la burguesia y nobleza ya estaba desterrado su uso.
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A referee referred me to the use of a related word ptisavnon in an epic context (Nicander, Theriaca 590).
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