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From: Traditional knowledge and practice of the Triassic variegated clay from Silesia (Krasiejów), Poland, in human medicine

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Localities (black triangles) of medicinal clays in Silesia, Poland. Silesian medicinal clay “terra sigillata Silesiaca”: clay from Strzegom (in German: Striegau) (“terra sigillata Strigoniensis” also called “Monits Acuti”) observed on three mountains within the Strzegom range: Góra Szeroka (Breitenberg), Góra Świętojerska or Góra Bazaltowa (Georgenberg), and Góra Krzyżowa (Kreuzberg); clay from Legnica (Liegnitz) (“terra sigillata Lignicensis”); clay from Złotoryja (Goldberg) (“terra sigillata Goltbergensis”). Additional localities of Silesian medicinal clay, according to the imperial order in 1685: Janowice Duże (Groß Jänowitz), Sichów (Seichau), Jawor (Jauer), Dzierżoniów (Reichenbach), Masłów (Massel), and Brachów (Brechelwitz) [currently it does not exist—flooded with water in the Słup retention tank]. Opole Silesia medicinal clay (name underlined): clay from Krasiejów. Upper Silesian medicinal clay: red clay from Płużnica Wielka (Groß Pluschnitz) (“terra sigillata Magni Plussnicensis”) and white clay from Boroszów (Boroschau) (“terra Nobarsovensis”). Part of the map marked with a gray rectangle is enlarged on the right

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