theriaca

The English term treacle comes via the French triacle from the Latin theriaca, meaning antidotes against poison.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The English term treacle comes via the French triacle from the Latin theriaca, meaning antidotes against poison.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

It is recorded that the philosopher Eudemius was successfully treated by Galen for a severe illness caused by an overdose of theriaca, and that the treatment employed was the same drug in small doses.

Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott

Shakespeare; you have mentioned theriaca; and I, without thinking of this line, quoted our Lord's words.

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood George MacDonald 1864

Chaucer brings the two together, for the word triacle is merely a corruption of theriaca, the unfailing cure for every thing.

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood George MacDonald 1864

Opiates and glysters had no effect, till repeated hot baths, and plasters of theriaca applied on his stomach, had relieved his body and intestines.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784

"Non tamen telis vulnerat ista agyrtarum colluvies, sed theriaca quadam magis perniciosa, non pyrio, sed pulvere nescio quo exotico certat, non globulis plumbeis, sed pilulis aeque lethalibus interficit."

Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 Samuel Johnson 1746

Garth, speaking of the mischiefs done by quacks, has these expressions: "Non tamen telis vulnerat ista agyrtarum colluvies, sed theriaca quadam magis perniciosa; non pyrio, sed pulvere nescio quo exotico certat; non globulis plumbeis, sed pilulis aeque lethalibus interficit."

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

_theriaca_, the great panacea of our ancestors, which was one of the principal branches of Venetian commerce.

Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

When it is desired to give an aged appearance to the tree, it is constantly moistened with theriaca or treacle, which attracts to it multitudes of ants, who not content with devouring the sweetmeat, attack the bark of the tree, and eat it away in such a manner as to produce the desired effect. "

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866