theriac

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He travelled through Thrace and Macedonia on foot, met the imperial personages, and prepared for them a medicine, for which he seems to have been famous, and which is spoken of as the theriac.

From Fathers of Biology by McRae, Charles

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

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

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

The best application of this kind is that composed of cinnamon powder, gilliflower, ginger and rose water, together with theriac, the crumb of bread, and red wine.

From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by Davenport, John