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DRUGS
AND HERBS
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Age and Stabilization Serums:
A
series of medical injections which, among other things, retards the
aging process; an invention of the Priest-Kings, approved by them for
use by humans; administered in 4 injections.
"The Player was a rather old man, extremely
unusual on Gor, where the stabilization serums were developed centuries
ago by the Caste of Physicians in Ko-ro-ba and Ar, and transmitted to
the physicians of other cities at several of the Sardar Fairs. Age,
on Gor, interestingly, was regarded, and still is, by the caste of Physicians
as a disease, not an inevitable natural phenomenon. the fact that it
seemed a universal disease did not dissuade the caste from considering
how it might be combated. Accordingly the work of centuries was turned
to this end. Many other diseases, which presumably flourished centuries
ago on Gor, tended to be neglected, as less dangerous and less universal
then that of aging. A result tended to be that those less susceptible
lived on, propagating their kind." Book 5, Assassins of Gor, page
29
"But different human beings respond differently
to the stabilization Serums, and the Serums are more effective with
some then others. With some the effect lasts indefinitely, with others
it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does
not occur at all, with others, tragically, the effect is not to stabilize
the pattern but to hasten its degeneration. The odds however, are in
favor of the recipient, and there are few Goreans who, if it seems they
need the Serums, do not avail themselves of them." Book 5, Assassin
of Gor, page 31
" 'She requires the Stabilization Serums,' said the physician.
The guard nodded. 'They are administered in four shots,' said the physician.
He nodded to a heavy, beamed, diagonal platform in a corner of the room.
The guard took me and threw me, belly down, on the platform, fastening
my wrists over my head and widely apart, in leather wrist straps. He
similarly secured my ankles. They physician was busying himself with
fluids and a syringe before a shelf in another part of the room, laden
with vials. I screamed. The shot was painful. It was entered in the
small of my back, over the left hip. They left me secured to the table
for several minutes and then the physician returned to check the shot.
There had been, apparently, no unusual reaction." Book 7, Captive
of Gor, pages 93 - 94
"I had spent eight days in the slave pens, waiting the night of
the sale. I had been examined medically, in detail, and had had administered
to me, while I lay bound, helplessly, a series of painful shots, the
purpose of which I did not understand. They were called the stabilization
serums. We were also kept under harsh discipline, close confinement
and given slave training. I well recalled the lesson which was constantly
enforced upon us: "The master is all. Please him fully." 'What
is the meaning of the stabilization serums?' I had asked Sucha. She
had kissed me. 'They will keep you much as you are,' she said, 'young
and beautiful.' I had looked at her, startled. 'The masters, and the
free, of course, if there is need of it, you must understand, are also
afforded serums of stabilization,' she said adding, smiling, 'though
they are administered to them I suppose, with somewhat more respect
than they are to a slave.' 'If there is need of it?' I asked. 'Yes,'
she said. 'Do some not require the serum?' I asked. 'Some, said Sucha,
'but these individuals are rare, and are the offspring of individuals
who have had the serums.' 'Why is this?' I asked. 'I do not know,' said
Sucha 'Men differ.' The matter, I supposed, was a function of genetic
subtleties, and the nature of differing gametes. The serums of stabilization
effected, it seemed, the genetic codes, perhaps altering or neutralizing
certain messages of deterioration, providing, I supposed, processes
in which an exchange of materials could take place while tissue and
cell patterns remained relatively constant. Ageing was a physical process
and, as such, was susceptible to alteration by physical means. All physical
processes are theoretically, reversible. Entropy itself is presumably
a moment in a cosmic rhythm. The Physicians of Gor, it seemed, had addressed
themselves to the conquest conquest of what had hitherto been a universal
disease called on Gor the drying and withering disease, called on Earth,
ageing. Generations, of intensive research and experiementation had
taken place. At last a few physicians drawing upon the accumulated data
ot hundreds of investigators, had achieved the breakthrough, devising
the first primitive stabilization serums, later to be developed and
exquisitely refined. I had stood in the cage startled, trembling. 'Why
are serums of such value given to slaves?' I asked. 'Are they of such
value?' she asked 'Yes,' she said, 'I suppose so.' She took them for
granted, much as the humans of Earth might take for granted routine
inoculations. She was unfamiliar with ageing. The alternative to the
serums was not truly clear to her. 'Why should slaves not be given the
serums?' she asked. 'Do the masters not want their slaves healthy and
better able to serve them?' " Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page
282
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Aphrodisiacs: A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when
chewed.
"One dish I recall was composed of the tongues of eels and
was sprinkled with flavored aphrodisiacs..." Book 5, Assassin
of Gor, page 204
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Brak Bush:
A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed.
"On the first day of the Waiting Hand, the last five days of
the old year, the portals of Ar, including even that of the House
of Cernus, had been painted white, and in many of the low-caste
homes had been sealed with pitch, not to be opened until the first
day of En'Kara. Almost all doors, including that of the House of
Cernus, had nailed to them some branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves
of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. It is thought that
the pitch and the branches of the Brak Bush discourage entry of
bad luck into the houses of the citizens." Book 5, Assassin
of Gor, page 211
- Breeding
Wine: A sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine,
making a slavegirl fertile; also called second wine.
"A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive,
or chewed, for the same result. The effect of the sip root, inmost
women is effective for three or four months. In the concentrated
state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of Physicians, the
effect is almost indefinate, usually requiring a releaser for it
remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the
breeding wine, or the second wine" Book 9, Marauders of Gor,
page 23
- Capture
Scent: An anesthetic used by soaking a rag with it and holding it
over the mouth and nose. May also be administered as an anesthetic
dart. Sounds like it is the equivalent to Earth's chloroform.
"'Uncork it for me, you sleen,' said she. I wondered if I had,
in my life, seen ever so scornful, so proud, so cold a woman. I
uncorked the vial. 'Hold it beneath my nostrils,' she said. She
bent forward. I held the vial beneath her delicate nostrils. She
closed her eyes, and breathed in, deeply, expectantly. She opened
her eyes, and shook her head. 'What is this?' she said. 'Capture
scent,' I said." Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 116
- Frobicain
Injection: Sedative
"'They seem very quiet,' I observed. 'We permit them,' said Flaminius,
deigning to offer a bit of explanation, 'five Ahn of varied responses,
depending on when they recover from the frobicain injection. Mostly
this takes the form of hysterical weeping, threats, demands for
explanation, screaming and such. They will also be allowed to express
their distress for certain periods at stated times in the future.'
" Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 126
- Gieron:
A drug, an allergen, which causes a yellowing of the whites of the
eyes; in combination with sajel, it reproduces the symptoms of the
Bazi plague.
"'The drug,' said Shaba, ' was a simple combination of sajel,
a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they
produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague.'
" Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 154
- Mul-Pellets:
a pellet given to the Muls slaves which supplement their meal
intake.
"the Mul-Pellets are undoubtedly
some type of dietary supplement" -
Priest-Kings of Gor, pg.109
- Ointments
and Balms:
(used only by the PKs)
" "She went to the chest against the wall, to replace the tube of
ointment. "The ointment will soon be absorbed," she said. "In a
few minutes there will be no trace of it, nor of the cuts." I whistled.
"The physicians of Treve," I said, "have marvelous medicines." "It
is an ointment of Priest-Kings," she said. I was pleased to hear
this, for it suggested vulnerability. "Then Priest-Kings can be
injured?" I asked. "Their slaves can," said Vika." -Priest Kings
of Gor p.64
"'Return
him to his kennel,' she said. 'Put balm on his wounds.' " Book
14, Fighting Slave of Gor, page 207
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Sajel: A drug which causes harmless pustules to erupt on the body;
in combination with gieron, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi
plague.
"'The drug,' said Shaba, 'was a simple combination of sajel,
a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they
produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague.'
" Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 154
- Sip
Root:
bitter root used to make slave wine. If chewed has the same effects.
"I held the object before her. she regarded it with dismay.
'I have already chewed sip root within the moon,' she said. 'Open
your mouth,' I said. 'Yes, Master,' she said. I then thrust the
object into her mouth. 'Chew it well," I said, "and swallow
it, bit by bit.' She grimaced, at the barest taste of the object.
'Begin,' I told her. She began. 'Not so quickly,' I told her, 'More
slowly. Very slowly. Very, very slowly. Savor it well.' she whimpered
in obedience. She did not need the sit root, of course, for, as
she had pointed out, she had had some within the moon, and indeed,
the effect of sip root, in the raw state, in most women, is three
or four moons. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed
by the caste of physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually
requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered, to
a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the 'second wine'.
When this is administered she usually knows that she has been selected
for crossing with a handsome male slave." Book 18, Blood Brothers
of Gor, page 319
- Tassa
Powder:
A reddish powder, usually mixed with red wine, which will render
the consumer unconscious.
"'It was done by Tassa powder,' she said. 'It was tasteless,
and effective,' I said. 'It shows up, of course,' I said, 'in water.'
'It is meant to be mixed with red wine,' she said." Book 14,
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 223
- Teslik:
A
plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.
"The active ingredient inbreeding wine, or the "second
wine", is a derivative of teslik. In the matter of bitterness
of taste there is little to choose from between raw sip root and
slave wine, the emulsive qualities of the slave wine being offset
to some extent by the strength of the concentrate involved."
Book 25, Magicians of Gor, page 320
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