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Synopsis
Excerpt from Materia Medica, or Provings of the Principal Animal and Vegetable Poisons of the Brazilian Empire: An Their Application in the Treatment of Disease
Though the precious metals hidden in the Brazilian soil, may be never so abundant; though the splendor of its precious stones, may be never so brilliant; though the crops which the soil yields to the farmer, may be never so rich yet there are, in the Brazilian empire, treasures Of a far greater importance, and infinitely more necessary to human happiness. They are the powerful means which this vast country furnishes for the cure Of disease.
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