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Article Nº 2786 Folk medicine Vol. III · p. 104

Pedra de Ferida

Porto Santo name for jasper, powdered and used there to treat wounds.

Jasper (see that entry) goes by this name on Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) because it is sometimes used on that island to treat wounds. It is applied after being ground to a powder.

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