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Guaiacum therapy
- Hard wood from the Americas
- Popularized by Ulrich von Hatten in 1519.
- Augsberg banking house of Fugger controlled the marketing of guaiacum and heavily promoted von Hatten and his therapy
- Increased the price of guaiacum.
- Guaiacum was hung in churches, homes, etc., as objects of veneration.
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