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25.76 CHAP. 76.—THE PHLYNION, NEURAS, OR POTERION ; ONE REMEDY.

Frogs, too, have their venom, the bramble-frog [Note] in particular,

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and I myself have seen the Psylli, in their exhibitions, irritate them by placing them upon flat vessels made red hot, [Note] their bite being fatal more instantaneously than the sting even of the asp. One remedy for their poison is the phrynion, [Note] taken in wine, which has also the additional names of "neuras" [Note] and "poterion:" it bears a small flower, and has numerous fibrous roots, with an agreeable smell.



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