Of course this would make Psylli of all men; but there may be this measure of truth in the supposition, that the natural exudations of a human body which has been bathed or rubbed with a penetrating Alexipharmic, may be so impregnated with the odour, as to be peculiarly repellent of the snake.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse
The medicine mithridate forms a part of many of these prescriptions; it does not seem to be regarded as an Alexipharmic, but as a soporific.
"Customs and Fashions in Old New England"
Alice Morse Earle