Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dittany

When Godfrey was wounded with an arrow, an “odoriferous panacy” distilled from dittany was applied to the wound, whereupon the arrow-head fell out, and the wound healed immediately. (Tasso. Jerusalem Delivered, book xi.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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