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of curing any disease, and called pa-tsa'r" (written as above); 1 cf. 

 Portuguese bazar y bazodr, bezoar. 



On the other hand, bezoars became universal in the early middle 

 ages, and the Arabs also list bezoars from China and India. 2 From the 

 Persian word fddaj, explained as "a stone from China, bezoar," it 

 appears also that Chinese bezoars were traded to Persia. In Persia, as 

 is well known, bezoars are highly prized as remedies and talismans. 3 



1 Ao-men li lio, Ch. B, p. 37. 



2 J. RUSKA, Steinbuch des Aristoteles, p. 148. 



8 C. ACOSTA (Tractado de las drogas, pp. 153-160, Burgos, 1578), E. KAEMPFER 

 (Amoenitates exoticae, pp. 402-403), GUIBOURT (Histoire naturelle des drogues 

 simples, Vol. IV, pp. 106 et seq.), and G. F. KUNZ (Magic of Jewels and Charms, 

 pp. 203-220) give a great deal of interesting information on the subject. See also 

 YULE, Hobson-Jobson, p. 90; E. WIEDEMANN, Zur Mineralogie im Islam, p. 228; 

 D. HOOPER, Journal As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. VI, 1910, p. 519. 



