alexipharmick

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Rosemary in the hand at a funeral, took its rise from the notion of an alexipharmick or preservative powder in this herb against pestilential disorders; and hence it was thought that the smelling thereof was a powerful defence against any morbid effluvia from the corpse.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie