theriac

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There he found that the most called for remedy was a theriac.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

But we lawyers boil our theriac even nowadays and regard the most important study, the study of reality, with arrogance.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

In the second period of the distemper, the same drinks were continued, adding thereto some theriac or Jesuit's bark, in order to lessen the frequency of the diarrhœtic evacuations.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

Being, however, provided with theriac and other antidotes against the poison, Alvaro and all his men recovered from their wounds.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Bernard's Theriac.—Almost in our own time another theriac came prominently before the public.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)