CHT235378 The Orvietan Seller, c.1816 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: selling Venice treacle, believed to be a remedy against poison; medical concoction used as a panacea against poisonings, snakebite, plague; Gerolamo Ferranti started producing and selling orvi矇tan in early 17th-century Paris. He was a fairground attraction, asking onlookers to give him unknown poisons to swallow and watch him cure himself with the remedy. ); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.