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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com

XCIII. HOW A MAN HAVING RECEIVED INJURY FROM THE GRAPE.

When they would symbolise a man that is injured by the grape and cures himself, they depict a HOUPOO AND

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[paragraph continues] THE HERB ADIANTUM (maidenhair); for when injured by the grape, if he places a piece of adiantum in his mouth he is healed.

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