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CHAP. 114.—THE PLANT CALLED VENUS' COMB: ONE REMEDY.

From its resemblance to a comb, they give the name of "Venus' comb"1 to a certain plant, the root of which, bruised with mallows, extracts all foreign substances from the human body.

1 Generally identified with the Scandix pecten Veneris, corn cicely, or shepherd's needle. See B. xxii. c. 38.

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