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“The 'Weapon-salve' (Unguentum Armarium) was a controversial 'sympathetic' medicine. Instead of being applied to a wound, the ointment was applied to the weapon that caused the injury. Supporters like Fludd believed natural magnetism cured the patient at a distance.”

Robert Fludd, Response to the Sponge of the Weapon-Salve

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