Poison vinegar

Synonym for pest vinegar; see there.

Popular term for a "medicine" or defence against the plague. The internal and external use of vinegar against various diseases and as a protective agent was already common in ancient times. According to one version, the "invention" of plague vinegar dates back to 1720, when the plague was raging in the south of France. According to tradition, four thieves travelled around robbing the dying and the dead. They were promised impunity if they revealed the secret of their apparent immunity to the epidemic.

Immunity to the plague

And so they did. This is why it is also called robber vinegar, four-robber vinegar or poison vinegar; Latin acetum pestilentiale prophylacticum. To protect against infectious diseases, you should rinse your mouth with pestilential vinegar, wash various parts of your body with it or take a few spoonfuls of it every day. Doctors also...

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