The Poison of the Dog

In chaos they say there is a species of wild pear of such a kind that if anyone be wounded by its thorn he dies. after covering it with a lid bury it in a dung hill and when this likewise has putrefied they mix that which settles on the top which is of a watery nature with the corrupted blood of the viper and thus make it a deadly poison 142 at Kuriam in Cyprus they say there's a species of snake which has similar power to that of the asp in Egypt except that if it bites in the winter it produces no effect. When congealed with cold the reptile loses its power of movement and becomes completely powerless unless it was warmed.