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Purrman is reciting cures recommended by other surgeons for tooth-aches and he includes this one:

"Dr. Bartholinus makes an Unguent of the Feet of Green Frogs and Opium, of which he puts a little into the hollow Teeth, or anoints the Gums with it, and thinks he can never say enough in its Praise."

Somehow I think the Opium is the active ingredient here. ;)

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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I wonder if his particular 'green frog' be of some poisonous or hallucinogenic nature in addition to the active and praiseworthy opium. There is many a time when I would have taken opium and frog while waiting for a dentist appointment that was a week out or more.

 

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That's an interesting point. I had forgotten about the hallucinogenic properties of some frogs. (I mostly just think it's funny that they made a medicine that included frogs. Of course they also made them out of various animal dung, new welpt-puppies and other odd animal bits.)

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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