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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55, 1636-37

Note 28 — Grau y Monfalcon’s Informatory Memorial of 1637 (continued 2)

James Alexander Robertson translation

Apparently referring to some plant of the genus Strychnos, several species of it having the reputation of curing the bites of serpents. Blanco says (Flora, p. 61) that he himself has witnessed several cures by this means.

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