The name " American frogbit " refers to another aquatic plant, " Limnobium spongia ".
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In his reply in 1523, " Spongia adversus aspergines Hutteni ", Erasmus displays his skill in semantics.
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He is especially remembered for the Latin satire " Spongia " ( Paris, 1617 ), written probably in collaboration with Juan Pablo M�rtir Rizo.
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The Ebers Papyrus, BCE, describes a way to " stop a crying child " using grains of the poppy plant strained to a pulp . " Spongia somnifera ", sponges soaked in opium, were used during surgery.
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In the 13th century, we have the first prescription of the " spongia soporifica " a sponge soaked in the juices of unripe mulberry, flax, mandragora leaves, ivy, lettuce seeds, lapathum, and hemlock with hyoscyamus.
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