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Afewminuteslate Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Is the word "for" misused here?
Other remedies included one coxcomb,
some goose fat mixed with some honey, the salted flesh of a rabid dog, some maggots
from the carcass of a rabid dog, etc.; and as many remedies existed for the
local application of 'preventers', or for mixing them in drinks or food.
I think "for" was intended to mean "for the purpose of"; however, instead of indicating its goals, "for" indicates how it should be used.
some goose fat mixed with some honey, the salted flesh of a rabid dog, some maggots
from the carcass of a rabid dog, etc.; and as many remedies existed for the
local application of 'preventers', or for mixing them in drinks or food.
I think "for" was intended to mean "for the purpose of"; however, instead of indicating its goals, "for" indicates how it should be used.
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I replied otherwise to your other post on this passage, but you may be right. Still, it is hard to judge from such a strange and fragmentary passage what is intended.
- I replied otherwise to your other post on this passage, but you may be right.
- Still, it is hard to judge from such a strange and fragmentary passage what is intended.
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I replied otherwise to your other post on this passage, but you may be right. Still, it is hard to judge from such a strange and fragmentary passage what is intended.
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One widespread myth was that rabies was caused by a small 'worm' at the base
of the tongue. A contemporary poet of Ovid (1st century BC), Grattius Falistcus,
knew about the mythical origin of the sublingual 'lyssa' of rabid dogs that Pliny
popularized; they believed that extracting the worms completely cured the dog.
And as a preventive, this worm was also thought to possess magic
of the tongue. A contemporary poet of Ovid (1st century BC), Grattius Falistcus,
knew about the mythical origin of the sublingual 'lyssa' of rabid dogs that Pliny
popularized; they believed that extracting the worms completely cured the dog.
And as a preventive, this worm was also thought to possess magic
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The goal of the curative method is to apply medicine locally or mix them in drinks or food. I think the sentence makes sense. He meant remedies as a method here, but earlier he meant them as medicine.
Does that make sense?
Does that make sense?
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