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Practicing citations
This article examines the historical use of potions to create fidelity and miscarriages and the cultural laws and decrees against this practice.

I will use this book chapter to write a couple sentences on the use of death potions and the legends of love-potions in Greek and Scandinavia.

It provides a comprehensive overview of St Paul’s Potion, including its common ingredients, uses and how relevant it is to modern medicine.

It looks at the history of herbal medicines in potions among pregnant women, including the dangers of inducing abortion or the effect on newborn babies.

The main focus of the article is describing the history of nightshade plants in potions including common uses and myths surrounding the potion and its purpose.

History
There are record of the Quack Vilbert selling love potions made of pigeon hearts on Wessex Roads. The love potions sold by Quacks were prohibited by Greek and Roman legislation.

Scandinavians often used love-philtres, which is documented in the Norse poem The Lay of Gudrun.

Answers to Module 7 Questions
Note: I did not upload image on sandbox as I wanted to run the image by my tutor first.

Description: An African woman preparing a potion as part of the 'sasswood test.'

Is it your own work? It is not my own work. Can be found on  https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14580112130/in/photolist-2SmfSo-odoTnC-aWHtWn-4rdLbD-odpdnF-ouTKK4-tjJAZE-x1t5GL

What is the file format? The file format is jpg.

What license have you chosen? There is no copyright. The book is available on https://archive.org/details/undercrescentamo00fish and as was made in 1917. Internet Archive confirms it is copyright free.

What category will you add it to? Category:Topics

How will you describe the file? Image from bottom go page 54 of the book "Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa" (1917). The page describes the use of the sasswood tree to create a poisonous potion as part of the 'sasswood test' to ascertain if an individual is guilty or innocent of witchcraft.