One, called theriac, was a compound of more than 70 ingredients in Galen's time. |
Being, however, provided with theriac and other antidotes against the poison, Alvaro and all his men recovered from their wounds. |
The recipe for theriac varied but usually included vipers' flesh, parts of lizards, honey, plants, and herbs or spices. |
But we lawyers boil our theriac even nowadays and regard the most important study, the study of reality, with arrogance. |
He is partial to long controversies, calmuniates priest and theriac. |
The herbal compound theriac had between 70 and 100 ingredients. |