The Scythian Poison

In Argos they say there is a species of low coast which is called the scorpion fighter for as soon as it sees a scorpion it attacks him. The wasps in Naxos when they have tasted the flesh of the viper and its flesh as it appears is agreeable to them. It is good to eat the locust as an antidote against the scorpion sting 140. Watch those that are just bringing forth young and take them and allow them to putrefy for some days but when the whole mass appears to be sufficiently rotten they pour human blood into a little pot and drink it.