XIR414531 Farce on orvietan sellers at the Saint-Germain fair in Paris, c.1620-30 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: 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. Moliere mentioned it in his play \'L\'Amour medecin\'; amour; Orvieto;); French, out of copyright.