PHASIANUS GALLUS
\fˈasi͡ənəs ɡˈaləs], \fˈasiənəs ɡˈaləs], \f_ˈa_s_iə_n_ə_s ɡ_ˈa_l_ə_s]\
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The parts of generation of the cock, dried and pulverized, were formerly regarded as proper for increasing the quantity of semen. The fat was used as emollient and resolvent; the brain, in diarrhoea; the gall, in freckles and diseases of the eyes. These phantasies are now abandoned.
By Robley Dunglison
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