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27.75 CHAP. 75.—LAPIDIS MUSCUS, OR STONE MOSS: ONE REMEDY.

There grows near running streams, a dry, white moss, [Note] upon ordinary stones. One of these stones, with the addition of human saliva, is rubbed against another; after which the first stone is used for touching impetigo, [Note] the party so doing uttering these words:— φεύγετε χανθαρίδες, λύχος ἄγριος αἷμα διώχει. "Cantharides [Note] begone, a wild wolf seeks your blood." [Note]



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