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What is a theriac?

What is a theriac? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. an antidote to a poison, especially to the venom of a snake
  2. (obsolete) treacle; molasses
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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.

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