Bezoar is a concretion found in gastrointestinal tract. The word "bezoar" is derived from the Arabic 'padzahr', and means antidote. Animal bezoars were widely used in medicine until the 18th century. Article presents European medieval and modern tradition about bezoar as an antidote. Ancient literary sources are compared with the medieval and modern medical and magical texts.
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