Assertion: treacle | /r/ObjectUse | used as medicine
Facets:
value: before the 17th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Prior to the 17th century, treacle was used as a medicine; it was considered very good for the blood and was therefore used in antidotes to poisons.
text: Before the 17th century, treacle was used in medicine—the name stems from this use in Middle English.
text: Treacle and honey were used as medicines and to sweeten medicines before refined white cane sugar made its way to England for the first time in the 13th century.'
text: Treacle and honey were used as medicines and to sweeten medicines before refined white sugar made from sugar cane made its way to England for the first time in the 13th century.