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Es waren gutbetuchte Bürger, und Bonifaz Fronwieser verschrieb ihnen Theriak, ein sündhaft teures Zaubermittel aus Mohnsaft und Angelikawurzel, das vermutlich nichts half, aber wenigstens die Kranken nicht weiter vergiftete.
They were well-to-do citizens, and Bonifaz Fronwieser prescribed them theriac, a wickedly expensive potion made of poppy seed extract and angelica root, which probably wouldn’t help but would at least not make the patients any worse.
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