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Bone Stuffed With Henbane First Solid Evidence of The Plant's Use as a Drug
An ancient bone dating back thousands of years ... or even be used as a medicine. Black henbane was found in the hospital of a first-century CE Roman fortress in Neuss, and the grave goods of ...
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1,800 Years Later, Ancient Greek Druggist’s Pharmacopoeia Won’t Die
There’s something to be said for traditional medicine. And it turns out that one pharmacist in ancient Greece was ... that surprised us was the use of henbane seeds against the larvae of myiasis ...