[Sca-cooks] online glossary

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

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My French is somewhat rusty, but I can pick up highlights of a text.
The web page you cited describes cantarides as worms and flies that come in
a variety of colors.  It cites various ancient medical authorities on the
properties of cantarides.  Consuming a small quantity increases the flow of
urine; consuming a large quantity causes one to urinate blood.  When used
as a suppository, it will bring on menstruation in women.



It sounds to me like the descriptions I have read of Spanish Fly.



Brighid


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There is also what appears to be a transcription of a medieval text
(French)

describing cantarides, probably Lytta
vesicatoria.  Unfortunately, my French

is non-existent and I can only pick out a few phrases.



http://www.uhb.fr/alc/medieval/cuba1/cubac.htm



Bear



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