Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 · Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 269
SNAKE STONES AND BEZOAKS 205 was even asserted that if a bezoar set in a ring were fre¬ quently placed in the mouth and sucked, this would afford a cure for poison by inducing a profuse perspiration/ Be¬ sides its exceptional quality as an antidote for poisons, this stone was regarded as a panacea… … 1. Hedge-hogstone from Malacca. 2, 3. Spurious stones of this type manufactured in Ceylon. From Kaempfer’s “Amoenitatum exoticarum fasciculi V,” Lemgovise, 1712. Besides this use as a remedy or antidote, the bezoar was credited with the powers of an elixir of life, for some of the Hindus employed…
