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25.97 CHAP. 97.—MOLYBDÆNA: ONE REMEDY.

Molybdæna [Note] also grows everywhere in the fields, a plant commonly known as "plumbago." [Note] It has leaves like those of lapathum, [Note] and a thick, hairy root. Chewed and applied to the

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eye from time to time, it removes the disease called "plumbum," [Note] which affects that organ.



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