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
71. Remedies for burns. The method of testing bull-glue;
seven remedies derived from it _ib._
72. Remedies for affections of the sinews and for
contusions 358
73. Remedies for hæmorrhage _ib._
74. Remedies for ulcers and carcinomatous sores 359
75. Remedies for the itch 360
76. Methods of extracting foreign substances which adhere
body, and of restoring scars to their natural colour _ib._
77. Remedies for female diseases _ib._
78. Remedies for the diseases of infants 364
79. Provocatives of sleep 365
80. Stimulants for the sexual passions _ib._
81. Remarkable facts relative to animals 366
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
1. The origin of the medical art 370
2. Particulars relative to Hippocrates. Date of the origin
of clinical practice and of that of Iatraliptics 371
3. Particulars relative to Chrysippus and Erasistratus _ib._
4. The Empiric branch of medicine 372
5. Particulars relative to Herophilus and other celebrated
physicians. The various changes that have been made in
the system of medicine _ib._
6. Who first practised as a physician at Rome, and at what
period 375
7. The opinions entertained by the Romans on the ancient
physicians _ib._
8. Evils attendant upon the practice of medicine 376
9. Thirty-five remedies derived from wool 381
10. Thirty-two remedies derived from wool-grease 383
11. Twenty-two remedies derived from eggs 385
12. Serpents’ eggs 388
13. The method of preparing commagenum. Four remedies
derived from it 390
14. Remedies derived from the dog 391
15. Remedies classified according to the different maladies.
Remedies for injuries inflicted by serpents. Remedies
derived from mice 392
16. Remedies derived from the weasel _ib._
17. Remedies derived from bugs _ib._
18. Particulars relative to the asp 394
19. Remedies derived from the basilisk _ib._
20. Remedies derived from the dragon 395
21. Remedies derived from the viper _ib._
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