Bezoar

In the East the most celebrated of these stones, since the period of Arabic civilisation, is called a bezoar-stone, "Bezoar" is the Persian word for "antidote," and does not apply only to a stone.

More Science From an Easy Chair 1888

In sixteenth century Europe, "Bezoar stones" (calcified bits of animal intestines) were considered to be both healing agents and an antidote to poisons.

Kate Kelly: Daschle Should Remember There Are Some Things That Are Better 2008

Bezoar (bearded) goat (Capra aegagrus turkmenicus) is found in Maly and Bolshoi Balkhan ranges and in Kopet Dag.

Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe 2008

Paré suggested an arrangement that would permit the testing of the "Bezoar stone:" If the cook agreed to take poison instead of being hanged, Paré would be with him to administer a drink made from the Bezoar stone.

Kate Kelly: Daschle Should Remember There Are Some Things That Are Better 2008

Famed surgeon Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) did not believe that Bezoar stones held any curative properties at all, but he needed a way to prove it.

Kate Kelly: Daschle Should Remember There Are Some Things That Are Better 2008

One can mistake Bezoar for any grayish stone with protruding filaments.

The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II 1992

Amber-greece, seven grains of Bezoar stone; when it is all distilled, mix all the waters together, and every morning fasting, and every evening when you go to bed, take four or five Spoonfuls of it warm, for about a Month together, this hath cured many when the Doctors have given them over.

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

Bezoar stones are hard substances, of a dark color, and vary in size from a pea to a chestnut.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan

Take three Grains of East Indian Bezoar, as much of Ambergreece, powder them very fine with a little Sugar, and mingle it with a spoonful and half of the Syrup of the juice of Citrons, one Spoonful of Syrup of

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

The fact that the Bezoar stones voluntarily relinquished the ownership of charms against evil shows the decay of an ancient superstition.

History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907