Next they uncovered a large bronze tub on a camel: it belonged to the Suffet who had it for bathing in during his journey; for he had taken all manner of precautions, even going so far as to bring caged weasels from Hecatompylos, which were burnt alive to make his Ptisan.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
10; mixed with a Cup of Ptisan.
"Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health"
Samuel Auguste David Tissot
Hippocrates himself was as particular about his barley-Ptisan as any Florence Nightingale of our time could be.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)