For the bite of all Spiders, according to Pliny, the best remedies are "a cock's brains, taken in oxycrate with a little pepper; five ants, swallowed in drink; sheep's dung applied in vinegar; and Spiders of any kind, left to putrify in oil."[1213] Another proper remedy, says this writer, is, "to present before the eyes of a person stung another Spider of the same description, a purpose for which they are preserved when found dead. Their husks also," he continues, "found in a dry state, are beaten up and taken in drink for a similar purpose. The young of the weasel, too, are possessed of a similar property."[1214]

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