ABRACADABRA

n. Written also (more correctly, says Littré) abrasadabra. A magical word used formerly in the East as a charm against certain diseases, especially malarial fevers. It was spoken, or worn on the person figured on an amulet in one of the following triangular forms: on eo ABRACADABRA ABRACADABRA RACADABR BRACADABR BRACADABRA ABRACADAB RACADAB RACADABRA ABRACADA ACADA ACADABRA ABRACAD CAD CADABRA»= ABRACA A ADABRA