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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15383037000).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 329 <br> THE LEECH <br> The Leech has from a very early age been used as <br> a means of letting blood ; but among the old Romans <br> it had medicinal uses such as we know not of now It <br> was used as a hair dye Pliny gives two receipts for <br> making it and it must have been powerful stuff if we <br> can believe his authority Leeches left to putrify for <br> forty days in red wine stain the hair black Others <br> again recommend one sextarius of leeches to be left to <br> putrefy the same number of days in a leaden vessel <br> with two sextarii of vinegar the hair to be well rubbed <br> with the mixture in the sun According to Sornatius <br> this preparation is naturally so penetrating that if <br> females when they apply it do not take the precaution <br> of keeping some oil in the mouth the teeth even will <br> become blackened thereby <br> Olaus Magnus gives us the accompanying picture of the <br> luxurious man in his arm-chair by the river-side catch- <br> ing his own leeches and suffering from gnats ; and also 23575084 76213 32031 Page 329 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575084 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Magnus NameFound Sornatius Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23575084 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575084 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15383037000 2015-08-25 20 52 46 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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