12-08-2016, 11:17 PM
I agree with the general assessment and to quote from JKP: "there doesn't appear to be an obvious correspondence between the two." However from some perspectives, it seems strange that a medical formulation of such significance and with such strong historical connections should be found to be altogether absent from the VMs. Especially if it is suggested that the VMs makes much use of other ties to classical history. Or if the VMs is proposed to be a record of pharmaceutical formulations, why would this most valuable, universal antidote not be included?
I've done virtually nothing with the VMs plants and will accept any corrections. However I recall that it has been suggested that opium, pepper and perhaps a few other spices identified in the VMs illustrations are also found in the list of theriac ingredients. Clearly opium, in sufficient dosage, is going to have an observable effect. And whatever else is in the theriac formulation and what it does remains to be seen.
It was certainly bad news for the vipers. Is there a viper in the VMS? Or perhaps there were no vipers to be found.
I've done virtually nothing with the VMs plants and will accept any corrections. However I recall that it has been suggested that opium, pepper and perhaps a few other spices identified in the VMs illustrations are also found in the list of theriac ingredients. Clearly opium, in sufficient dosage, is going to have an observable effect. And whatever else is in the theriac formulation and what it does remains to be seen.
It was certainly bad news for the vipers. Is there a viper in the VMS? Or perhaps there were no vipers to be found.