Meaning of snail syrup | Babel Free

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A syrup made from snail slime for medicinal use.

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“Some of his means of cure are crude enough, as, for example, when he prescribes snails and snail syrup; but there is one line of treatment, by way of inhalation, which he names, and which ought not, in these days, to be forgotten.”

“Snail syrup, prepared by passing a stout thread through the shell and body of a number⟳ of snails, and suspending them over a dish of coarse brown sugar, upon which their mucilaginous exudations are allowed to drop, is recommended by the village dames of Sussex as a specific for coughs and colds.”

“He reminded himself of one thing on reaching home, and that was to take⟳ the ground lizard and snail syrup his 'nennen' had brought for his asthma all the way from Grenada.”

“Another time she was required to drink⟳ snail-syrup for medicinal purposes.”

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