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Gerard says, "The green leaves of the Fennel eaten, or the seed made into a ptisan, and drunk, do fill women's brestes with milk; also the seed if drunk asswageath the wambling of the stomacke, and breaketh the winde."— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Hippocrates himself was as particular about his barley-ptisan as any Florence Nightingale of our time could be The generation to which you, who are just entering the profession, belong, will make a vast stride forward, as I believe, in the direction of treatment by natural rather than violent agencies.— Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
Hippocrates himself was as particular about his barley-ptisan as any— Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
Hippocrates himself was as particular about his barley-ptisan as any Florence Nightingale of our time could be.— Medical Essays, 1842-1882
Here's julep-dance, ptisan of song and show:— The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07

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