In 1232, King’s physician Ness Ramsay removed a hairball (trichobezoar) from the stomach of Alexander II.
Legend has it that Ness got X-ray vision by drinking a soup made from a white snake which allowed him to complete the procedure without error.
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GOOL-RIDERS
GOOL-RIDERS. n. mounted police that checked fields for corn marigolds and collected fines from farmers. A Mediterranean plant, it caused problems in the reign of Alexander II (1214-49)–his statute was still followed in Cargill as late as 1808.
