theriac

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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

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

Ancient medicine looked first of all for the universal panacea and boiled theriac; contemporary medicine dissects, uses the microscope, and experiments, recognizes no panacea, accepts barely a few specifics.

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

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

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

Galen's theriac is a typical example of this.

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