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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.chem
Subject: What's A Bezoar Like ???
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Date: 3 Jan 90 07:55:20 GMT
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I've heard about a thing called a bezoar stone, which apparently comes from
the stomach of some sort of goat.  It's reputed to absorb poison.

Anybody ever see one of these things?  Could it be polished like a rock,
or is it more like a piece of dried manure?  Is it really effective for
removing some kinds of poisons?  Where do they come form, and how much
do they cost?