
Sophie von der Goltz
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Theriaca was an electuary reputedly introduced into medical practice by Nicander of Colophon, a Greek poet and priest of Apollo, in the second century B.C. as an antidote against poisons, especially snake bite. Theriac of Andromachus contained seventy-three ingredients, the most important of which was the flesh of vipers (R. Drey, Apothecary Jars, 1978, p. 234).