He was taught from childhood that the world does not condone homosexuality and that it is an unmentionable of decent people.

“It don’t look too good, eh, dogtor?” “You’ll be OK, don’t worry,” I replied, trying to smile reassuringly. “What about my babies – dey OK too?” Spoken by the character Ludnika Wilcinska, implying a Slavic accent.

The colorful bottles have popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices.

Doubtlessly inspired by Nicander he, or rather someone else whose work is transmitted under his name, wrote a Theriaca (Περί ίοβόλων, έν ὧ χαί περί λυσσόντοςχυνός, 'On poison-injecting animals, including rabiate dogs') and an Alexipharmaca,,,