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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 38 — BOOK XXIV. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.

John Bostock translation

Fée says, that till very recently it was a common belief that the oak mistletoe is curative of epilepsy. It was also employed as an ingredient in certain antispasmodic powders.

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