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drinkable gold, sold for centuries as a cure for basically everything except gullibility.

means a supposed liquid preparation of gold, once touted by alchemists as a medicine or elixir of life, though it rarely contained real dissolved gold.

from latin for drinkable gold, the term surfaces in medieval and renaissance alchemy texts where gold, being incorruptible, was reasoned to grant the drinker similar immunity to decay and disease.

for instance

paracelsus recipes16th century swiss alchemist detailed preparations in his medical writings

francis anthony formulaenglish physician sold his version in london, 1600s

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