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In the face of mostly incurable diseases like farcy, healers might need to call on the supernatural.
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John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
Other times, the method was even stranger, with horse owners advised to sew sheets of lead and tin—two key metals in medieval alchemy—into a horse’s forehead as a cure for farcy.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
According to Harrison, some European veterinary manuals detail whole exorcisms, modeled on Catholic rites, to expel the worms then believed to cause farcy.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
Other times, the method was even stranger, with horse owners advised to sew sheets of lead and tin—two key metals in medieval alchemy—into a horse’s forehead as a cure for farcy.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
According to Harrison, some European veterinary manuals detail whole exorcisms, modeled on Catholic rites, to expel the worms then believed to cause farcy.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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“Farcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farcy. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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