Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 · Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 227
this stone were merely fond imaginings. A stone called simply the ''Indian Stone, and said to be light and porous, is noted by pseudo-Aristotle, and to it is attributed the power to relieve those suffering from dropsy, by drawing the water to itself. If weighed after having been applied to the… … BVFOKITES Toad-stones. Natural concretions of claystone and limonite. From Mercati’s “ Metallotheca Vaticana,” Romse, 1719. its original appearance and weight.^ Another and perhaps earlier authority gives the name "toad-stone’^ to this material.^ The toad-stone was not only an antidote for poisons,…
