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

Note 2394 — BOOK XXVIII. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES. (continued 3)

John Bostock translation

Ajasson explains this by saying that the hare being eaten by the people of ancient Latium on festival days, with plenteous potations, they erroneously supposed the narcotic effects of the wine to be produced by the flesh of the hare.

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