Vulgar words in History of the Division of Medical Sciences - United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964 (Page 1)

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Other amulets in the Washington exhibit," he added, "are the patella of a sheep and a ring made out of a coffin nail (dug out of a graveyard) for cramps and epilepsy, a peony root to be carried in the pocket against insanity, and rare and precious stones for all and sundry diseases."

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