 | Andel, M.A. van 1909 Volksgeneeskunst in Nederland. Utrecht, J.van Boekhoven, pp. i-xi, 1-459 |
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| Cure for Rachitis - the horn of he unicorn, derived from the rhinoceros, more often from the narwhal. It was worn as an amulet (charm) or used as poweder internally, guarding against all poisons and dangerous substances. |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Malaysia, Semang tribe. The horn is supposed to be possessed with medicinal properties, and is highly prized by the Malays, to whom the Semang genrally barter it for tobacco and similar commodities. |
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| Maxwell, W.G. 1906 Mantra Gajah. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 1-53 |
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| Medicine to make an elephant fat (mantra gajah). This is another remedy: we take the skin of a rhinoceros' navel and soak it in water with some Siamese salt and some honey. Then we give the elephant the skin to eat with its food: we pour the liquid over the elephant and give it some to drink. ... |
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| Schneider, G. 1906 Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra, I Saeugetiere (Mammalia). Zoologische Jahrbucher 23: 123-125 |
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| Sumatra - anti-poison. The shavings of rhino horn, as well as the cups made from the whole horn, are said to possess the mysterious property that it foams up as soon as a poisonous substance touches it. As many Malay and other local royalty live in constant fear of being poisoned, and not just ... |
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| Clement, E.W. 1906 Japanese medical folk-lore. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 35: 15-32, figs. 1-2 |
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| 'Usaikaku', or Rhinoceros horns. The horns of the rhino are powdered and used as a specific in fever cases of all kinds. |
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| Chakravarti, M. 1906 Animals in the inscriptions of Piyadasi. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1 (17): 361-374 |
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| The rhinoceros was placed in the class Anupa (Car.Sutra xxvii. 37; subclass kulacarah, Sus. Ch. xlvi.). Its flesh is said to be a destroyer of cough, astringent, remover of winds, good for liver, pure, life prolonger, restrainer of urine and keeper (of health?) (Susi, ch. xlvi). Its flesh is pr... |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| [Animal shot and skinned] Some Chinese woodcutters begged for the flesh. They also took other parts of the body for medicinal purposes. |
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| Evans, G.H. 1905 Notes on rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and sumatrensis. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 555-561 |
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| Burmans and Chinamen place a very high value on the horn and blood of rhinoceroses as medicinal articles. Wherein their virtues as drugs lie I do not know, but they are supposed to be most potent, especially in all diseases not yielding to ordinary drugs. I expect their fictitious powers are de... |
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| Watt, G. 1904 Indian art at Delhi 1903: being the official catalogue of the Delhi exhibition 1902-1903. London, John Murray |
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| A cup made of rhinoceros-horn is much prized by Hindus, but that material is too scarce to be of much value. |
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| Pelliot, P. 1902 Memoires sur les coutumes du Cambodge. Bulletin de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient 2 (2): 123-177 |
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| Translates book by Tcheou Ta-Kouan, of the Yuan dynasty, called Ts'ao-t'ing.
Cambodia - among the more precious productions, there are ivory and rhinoceros horn. The white horn is veined and much esteemed; the inferior quality is black.
Pellito 1902; the horn is also part of some medicines. T... |
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