16 février 2017
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jenshermanroberts, « Mucus Cure-Alls: Snail Waters and Spa Treatments », The Recipes Project, ID : 10.58079/tczj
By Jennifer Sherman Roberts R. Bradley, A philosophical account of the works of nature... Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images In a world view that relied on correspondences between macrocosm and microcosm, and in a humoral medical system that utilized similarities between bodily functions and features of the natural world, one can imagine no more fitting emblem than the cold, mucousy snail. This slimy and gooey creature would seem the perfect treatment for an excess (or lack) ...