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

Note 2273 — BOOK XXVIII. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

Hence it was a notion in the sixteenth century, that pitch and hogs’ lard is a cure for syphilis by promoting salivation.

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