theriac

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Whenever any compound was for any reason spoiled in the drug store, the rule was, "Put that aside for the theriac."

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

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?

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

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

Jack of the Buttery, a name applied to p. 111Sedum acre, is said to be a corruption from bot, i.e. an internal parasite, and theriac, by which was meant a cure for that evil. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir