| curious observations on the _Lycosa tarantula_ of the south of | | France.—_Transl. note._ | | | | [250] _Matthiol._ Commentar. in Dioscorid. L. II. ch. 59. p. 363. | | Ed. Venet. 1565. fol. | | | | [251] _Perotti_, loc. cit. | | | | [252] Probably Lacerto Gecko, as also the synonymes, κωλώτης and | | γαλεώτης quoted by him. | | | | [253] Lacerta Stellio. It need scarcely be observed that the | | venomous nature of this harmless creature was a pure invention of | | Roman superstition. | | | | [254] See _Athan. Kircher._ loc. cit. | | | | [255] From 1451–1458. _Tiraboschi._ VI. 11. p. 356. | | | | [256] See p. 12. et seq. | | | | [257] _Aëtius_, who wrote at the end of the sixth century, | | mentions six which occur in the older works. 1. ῥάγιον, 2. λύκος, | | 3. μυρμήκειον 4. κρανοκολάπτης, by others, κεφαλοκρούστης, 5. | | σκληροκέφαλον, and 6. σκωλήκιον. Tetrabl. IV. Serm. I. ch. 18. in | | _Hen. Steph._ Compare _Dioscorid._ Lib. VI. ch. 42. _Matthiol._ | | Commentar. in Dioscorid. p. 1447. _Nicand._ Theriac. V. 8. 715. | | 755. 654. | | | | [258] Aranearum multæ species sunt. Quæ ubi mordent, faciunt multum | | dolorem, ruborem, frigidum sudorem, et citrinum colorem. Aliquando | | quasi stranguriæ in urina duritiem, et virgæ extensionem, intra | | inguina, et genua, tetinositatem in stomacho. Linguæ extensionem, | | ut eorum sermo non possit discerni. _Vomunt humiditatem quasi | | araneæ telam_, et ventris emollitionem similiter, &c. De communibus | | medico cognitu necessariis locis. Lib. VIII. cap. 22. p. 235. | | Basil. 1539. fol. | | | | [259] He lived in the middle of the eleventh century, and was a | | junior contemporary with _Constantine_ of Africa. _J. Chr. Gottl. | | Ackermann_, Regimen sanitatis Salerni sive Scholæ Salernitanæ de |