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Originally Posted by jason taylor
I couldn't swear to the other stuff but I doubt you could kill a snake instantly and I am pretty sure that anything pungent enough to use for cauterization is impractical for midwifery even as an abortificent. At the least I should think a branding iron more reliable if more drastic for cauterization.
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It seems to imply more an antiseptic effect than a cauterising one, but even then a strong vasoconstrictor might well be both effective in arresting bleeding and in bringing on labour and arresting post-partal haemorrhage.
I note that none of the things called alkanet or bugloss on Wikipedia appear to match the description however...