CARVING CRYSTAL. “Take a goat, two or three years old, bind its feet, cut an opening between its chest and stomach in the position of the heart, insert one of the crystals and let it remain in the blood until it becomes warm. Immediately take it out, while this warmth lasts, carve in it what you want.” Clearly a deviation that winks historically to lines from Pliny.
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