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" Cerastes without fear or hesitation, impunity is ascribed to the use of a plant with the juice of which they anoint themselves before touching the reptile ' ; and Bruce says of the people of Sennar, that they acquire exemption from the fatal consequences... "
Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical - Page 200
by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 4 pages
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The United States Review and Literary Gazette, Volume 1

American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...infancy, they acquire an exemption from the mortal consequences attending the bite of these animals, by chewing a particular root, and washing themselves with an infusion of particular plants in water." Vol. i pp. 423—425. " What lies the world tells, said Madame Beaumont."...
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The Book of Nature, Volume 2

John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 516 pages
...infancy, they acquire an exemption from the morfal consequences attending the bite of these animals, by chewing a particular root, and washing themselves with an infusion of particular plants in water. The Nuba and Funge, however, or those who are preserved naturally from...
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The United States Review and Literary Gazette, Volume 1

American periodicals - 1827 - 492 pages
...infancy, they acquire an exemption from the mortal consequences attending the bite of these animals, by chewing a particular root, and washing themselves with an infusion of particular plants in water." Vol. i pp. 423 — 425. " Whut lies the world tells, said Madame Beaumont."...
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The Macrocosm and microcosm, or, The universe without and the universe ...

William Fishbough - 1852 - 1104 pages
...the African Arabs secure them•e.ves from the mortal consequences attending the bit* of serpents, by chewing a particular root, and washing themselves with an infusion of certain plants in water ; he gives a particular account of several of these plants, tome of which seem only capable...
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The North British Review, Volumes 32-33

1860 - 656 pages
...reptile ; and Bruce says of the people of Sennar, that they acquire exemption from the fatal consequence of the bite by chewing a particular root, and washing...itself, I submitted one, the application of which 1 have been describing, to Mr. Faraday, and he has communicated to me, as the result of his analysis,...
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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ...

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1861 - 552 pages
...the Cerastes without fear or hesitation, impunity is ascribed to the use of a plant with the juice of which they anoint themselves before touching the reptile...person, but that he had not sufficient resolution to make the experiment. As to the snake-stone itself, I submitted one, the application of which I have...
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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ...

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1861 - 586 pages
...to the use of a plant with the juice of which they anoint themselves before touching the reptile ' ; and Bruce says of the people of Sennar, that they...person, but that he had not sufficient resolution to make the experiment. As to the snake-stone itself, I submitted one, the application of which I have...
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Library of Mesmerism and Psychology

Mesmerism - 1874 - 896 pages
...that the African Arabs secure themse.ves from the mortal consequences attending the bite of serpents, by chewing a particular root, and washing themselves with an infusion of certain plants in water ; he gives a particular account of several of these plants, tome of which seem only capable...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings

Pharmacy - 1862 - 670 pages
...to the use of.» plant with the juice of which they anoint themselves before touching the reptile ; and Bruce says of the people of Sennar, that they...person, but that he had not sufficient resolution to make the experiment. " As to the snake-stone itself, I submitted one, the application of which I have...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings

Pharmacy - 1862 - 670 pages
...to the use of a plant with the juice of which they anoint themselves before touching the reptile ; and Bruce says of the people of Sennar, that they...person, but that he had not sufficient resolution to make the experiment. " As to tke snake-stone itself, I submitted one, the application of which I have...
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