5:10 · A variation of the sign for Neptune, also used to signify arsenic in alchemy and early chemistry. Arsenic was of special importance because of its highly poisonous quality and its effectivness as a medication for e.g. epilepsy and syphilis, and for raising appetite.
    Other signs used for arsenic are collected under in Group 42.

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