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From Jaguar Teeth to the Nail of the Great Beast: The Evolution of Animal Medicines

Thumbnail No 11 In February 2018, the Bolivian authorities captured two Chinese citizens in a poultry store in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. They were apprehended in possession of 185 jaguar fangs, three feline skins, a 22-caliber pistol, a large sum of money, and body parts of many other animal species, including rattlesnakes, marsh deer, giant armadillos and jaguars.
  • Irina Podgorny
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    Dealing with Devil Has Long Been a Part of Medicine

    Thumbnail No 13 Thirty children in Amsterdam began to show signs of a disturbing affliction in the winter of 1566. The symptoms would strike without warning: the children would at first be seized by a violent frenzy, then fall to the ground, their bodies wracked with painful convulsions. Once the fits had passed, the children reported no memory of them.
  • Laura Sumrall
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    Dealing with Devil Has Long Been a Part of Medicine

    Thumbnail No 13 Thirty children in Amsterdam began to show signs of a disturbing affliction in the winter of 1566. The symptoms would strike without warning: the children would at first be seized by a violent frenzy, then fall to the ground, their bodies wracked with painful convulsions. Once the fits had passed, the children reported no memory of them.
  • Laura Sumrall
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