| Title: | Cuckoo |
| Original Title: | Coucou |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 4 (1754), p. 322 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ruby Solomon [Wheaton College MA]; Emma Thesenvitz [Wheaton College MA, ]; Madeline Williams [Wheaton College MA, ] |
| Subject terms: |
Materia medica
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| Citation (MLA): | "Cuckoo." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ruby Solomon, Emma Thesenvitz, and Madeline Williams. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.050>. Trans. of "Coucou," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 4. Paris, 1754. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Cuckoo." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ruby Solomon, Emma Thesenvitz, and Madeline Williams. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.050 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Coucou," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 4:322 (Paris, 1754). |
Coucou. In medicine, the entire bird is used, including its excrement. Its ashes are recommended for kidney stones, pain, and extreme wetness of the stomach. The ashes have also been proven successful for treating high fevers. Schroder says that cuckoo excrement, taken in liquid form, works well against rabid dog bites. These qualities have yet to be confirmed by observation.