The search of eternal youth 2

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Pol. chem. rozpuszczone wapno
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dissolved lime
Various concoctions of grape, ‘human’ blood, dissolved lime,
Pol. bot. ogórecznik
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borage
a herbal soup of borage,
bot. ozór wołowy, żmijowiec
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bugloss
Pol. cykoria
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chicory
Pol. bot. perz
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couch-grass
Pol. bot. mniszek lekarski, mlecz
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dandelion
bot. rzepik, parzydło
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agrimony
bot. szafran
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saffron
aloes
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aloe
bursztyn
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amber
wosk
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wax
something put together from several different things:
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concoction
She drinks this herbal concoction.
to keep sb or sth from reaching you or affecting you for a period of time
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stave off
For ordinary people, merely existing was a struggle, and
the idea of staving off old age remained an illusion.
to cut up the body of a dead animal or person in order to study it
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dissect
Leonardo da Vinci the brilliant artist, scientist and dissectionist,
med. naczynia włoskowate, kapilaria
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capillaries
He concluded that healthy old people finally died because their capillaries closed
zaleta, cnota
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virtue
every gentleman should know ‘the virtues of plants and herbs’ to aid health.
actions that are ____ are useless because they have no chance of being successful [pointless]
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futile
the futile search for magical cures declined,
to breathe in air, smoke, or gas [≠ exhale]
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inhale
he suggested inhaling deeply, eating a balanced diet, drinking moderate amounts of good wine
the study of the causes and effects of illnesses
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pathology
described how disease and age affected individual organs, without making a distinction between normal and pathological changes in old age.
happiness and pleasure because you have been successful
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jubilation
However, the doctor’s jubilation, like his potency, was short-lived.
o remove a piece of skin, bone etc from part of someone's body and put it onto or into a part of their body that has been damaged
Pol. przeszczepić
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graft
He tried grafting monkey’s testicles on the human body.
careful and thorough examination of someone or something
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scrutiny
the action of hormones is under scrutiny,

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