Orvietan or orviétan was a medical concoction popular during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was used as a panacea against poisonings with criminal intent...
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advertising Goop Hadacol Homeopathy Lydia Pinkham MLM companies Nine oils Orvietan Patent medicine Revalenta arabica Turlington's Balsam "snake oil salesman"...
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Atlas des plantes de France, 1891 V. officinalis V. officinalis foliage Orvietan Spikenard Corvalol Although many sources list "catinine" as an alkaloid...
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niche in the lower wall contains explicit references to two important Orvietan martyr saints, San Pietro Parenzo and San Faustino. The contract for Signorelli's...
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wall is shown a Pietà that contains explicit references to two important Orvietan martyr saints, S. Pietro Parenzo (podestà of Orvieto in 1199) and S. Faustino...
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meeting of the Curia in Orvieto as a tradition. He was rewarded by the Orvietans by being elected Podestà and Capitano del Popolo, the first pope to hold...
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quack cure salesmen often promoted any kind of oil as the "nine oils". Orvietan: this herbal concoction was used in the 17th and 18th centuries as a panacea...
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in which he denounced in the same time charlatans and their powders of orvietan. After his death, his widow, Delphine Rapin, married Vincent-Amable de...
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an act of desperation, Sganarelle visits a street charlatan to purchase Orviétan, a legendary remedy that can cure any illness, but the audience never learns...
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patron saint of the city of Orvieto. During the late 12th century, the Orvietan bishopric underwent an economic crisis that resulted from the burden of...
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