Abracadabra triangle

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Title
Abracadabra triangle
Description
The first known mention of the word "abracadabra: was in the second century AD in a book called Liber Medicinalis (sometimes known as De Medicina Praecepta Saluberrima) by the ancient Roman physician Serenus Sammonicus, who prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of a triangle.
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Public domain
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Pandemics exhibit