The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
66. Phycos thalassion or sea-weed; three varieties of it.
Lappa boaria 193
67. Maladies which attack the whole of the body 194
68. The geranion, myrrhis or myrtis; three varieties of it:
six remedies 195
69. The onotheras or onear; three remedies 196
70. Remedies for epilepsy _ib._
71. Remedies for fevers 197
72. Remedies for phrenitis, lethargy; and carbuncles 198
73. Remedies for dropsy. Acte or ebulum. Chamæacte. _ib._
74. Remedies for erysipelas 199
75. Remedies for sprains 200
76. Remedies for jaundice _ib._
77. Remedies for boils 201
78. Remedies for fistula _ib._
79. Remedies for abscesses and hard tumours _ib._
80. Remedies for burns 202
81. Remedies for diseases of the sinews and joints _ib._
82. Remedies for hæmorrhage 203
83. Hippuris, otherwise called ephedron, anabasis, or
equisætum; three kinds of it; eighteen remedies _ib._
84. Stephanomelis 205
85. Remedies for ruptures and convulsions. Erysithales; one
remedy _ib._
86. Remedies for phthiriasis 206
87. Remedies for ulcers and wounds _ib._
88. Polycnemon; one remedy 209
89. Remedies for warts, and applications for the removal of
scars _ib._
90. Remedies for female diseases 210
91. Arsenogonon; one medicinal property. Thelygonon; one
medicinal property 213
92. Mastos; one remedy 214
93. Applications for the hair. Lysimachia. Ophrys _ib._
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
1. Researches of the ancients upon this subject 217
2. Aconite, otherwise called thelyphonon, cammaron,
pardalianches, or scorpio; four remedies 218
3. Æthiopis; four remedies 221
4. Ageraton; four remedies _ib._
5. The aloe; twenty-nine remedies 222
6. Alcea; one remedy 224
7. The alypon; one remedy _ib._
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