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Witches' brewaids medicinePARIS: Mushrooms used in Mexican witch doctors’ brews are being cultivated at the Paris Natural History Museum to discover ways of using them for medicalpurposes.Three species called Teo - Nanaktal could be grown here, said the Museum Di-landersle M.O.de Sein (pop. 1328).ny coast, regard both usances.rdon decided that the case of Jle de Seln wus more than a 20th century doctor could cure.Said he: I won't leave until another doctor arrives But I can’t stay here.To the Seuan*. unhealthy but untaxed, the impending departure of their sixthdvlnr In ■! v mnnthi urnatector, Mr. Renei Heim.They could produce an eflect of drunkenness comparable to that of alcohol.The mushrooms could cause highly coloredi dreams, bring on madness1 and If taken in larger doses I could lead to death.Mr. Helm said however, that m small quantities the, Teo-Nanaktal possessed1 curative properties pspecl-, ally for rheumatism.Two American scientists. Mr. Gordon Wasson and Mrs. Pavlovna Wasson, who carried out research in the Mexican mushroom country, have sent large quantities of the species to the museum for clns- i ilflcatlon.They reported that Indian sorcerers used them In1 witches' brews nnd under their narcotic effect claimed they could foretell the future and find lost and stolen property—AAP\lor lunchFarmer John Zadruch, of Nich-olosville, Kentucky, took his rifle from the uall bracket and went out into the yard to kill a chicken for lunch.Zadruch took aim at a plump white leghorn and then ducked.The bullet missed the chicken. ricocheted off a ttone. defonafed five eases of dynamite, and blew the bom and garage into kindling wood.When the % moke cleared away 20 chickens lay dead In the farmyard
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Beverley Times
Beverley, Western Australia, AU
Thu, Apr 19, 1956
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