Hooper, D., 1910. Materia medica animalium Indica. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal N.S. 6 (10): 507-522
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Linschoten devotes a chapter to the value of the various parts of this animal. He says 'Their horns in India are much esteemed and used against all venime, poyson and many other diseases; likewise his teeth, claws, flesh, skin and blood, and his very dung and water and all, whatsever is about him, is much esteemed in India, and used for the curing of many diseases and sicknesses which is very good and most true, as I myself have found.'
In Taleef Shareef (translated by Playfair, 1833) rhinoceros flesh and smoke from the horn are highly praised.
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