Orvietan or orviétan was a medical concoction popular during the 17th and 18th century. It was used as a panacea against poisonings with criminal intent, as well as against mushroom poisonings, snakebite, scorpion stings, bites by rabid animals and against the plague. == Origins == Gerolamo Ferranti started producing and selling orviétan in earl...
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• (n.) A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue.
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Or`vi·e'tan noun [ French
orviétan : confer Italian
orvietano . So called because invented at
Orvieto , in Italy.] A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. [ Obsolete]
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