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Charmers who have tried their art in U. S. zoos and serpentaria have always failed, despite all their wheezing and whining.

From Time Magazine Archive

In general, under such circumstances, the Peruvian bark, either alone or combined with serpentaria, was administered in preference to any other remedy of the same class.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

A. serpentaria is the Virginian snake-root, popularly regarded as a remedy for snake bites.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Even some of our native species, such as A. serpentaria, is known as snake-root, and is said to be esteemed for curing the bite of the rattlesnake.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

In a more advanced period, and when the fever assumed a typhoid type, blisters, bark, and serpentaria were resorted to.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin