Aretæus recommends moderate venæsection to be repeated, if the patient is plethoric, purging with black hellebore, and in some cases emetics; nourishing diet.
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Hellebore
/ˈhɛlɪbɔːɹ/
Synonyms for "hellebore" (5 found)
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false hellebore
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helleboreshelleborus genus
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poisonous planttoxic plant
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4 entriesHelleborus foetidusHelleborus nigerHelleborus orientalisLenten rose
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Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]
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1998, Plinio Prioreschi, A History of Medicine, Volume III: Roman Medicine, page 122, Then the physician would use the king of remedies, the powerful one, hellebore: […] We suspect that after a sufficient number of administrations of hellebore the patient, if he had not done so before, would declare himself cured.
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It's Virgil who sends me to the hellebores. He mentions them as a component of an ointment to be applied to sheep suffering from skin diseases. The ointment comprises “olive oil lees mixed with silver slag, sulphur, pitch from Mount Ida, wax rich in oil, sea-squill, as well, and strong hellebore and black bitumen.”
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