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One remedy prescribed by a famous physician who lived so late as mid-eighteenth century, was "ash-coloured ground liver-wort a half-ounce, black pepper a quarter-ounce," to be taken, fasting, in four doses, the patient having been bled prior to beginning the cure.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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We crossed the river* [_Podostemom_ grew on the stones at the bottom: it is a remarkable waterplant, resembling a liver-wort in its mode of growth.
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