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IN NATURE, vol. xix. p. 447, is a paragraph relative to the singular qualities of the Carica papaya. I cannot but think that some of the properties attributed to this vegetal in British Guiana by the natives of that colony are exaggerated somewhat, e.g., the tempering of steel by its sap, &c.
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OLIVER, S. The Papau or Papaye. Nature 20, 241–242 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020241a0
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