For the cure of leprosy, Theodorus prescribes a mixture of fenugreek, and one fourth part of cleaned nasturtium, the whole to be steeped in the strongest vinegar. Damion used to give a potion by way of emmenagogue, consisting of half an acetabulum of fenugreek seed in nine cyathi of boiled must[450] and water. There is no doubt too, that a decoction of it is remarkably useful for diseases of the uterus and for ulcerations of the intestines, and that the seed is beneficial for affections of the joints and chest. Boiled with mallows and then taken in honied wine, fenugreek is extolled in the highest terms, as serviceable for affections of the uterus and intestines. Indeed, the very steam that arises from the decoction may be productive of considerable benefit. A decoction too of fenugreek seed is a corrective of the rank odours of the armpits. Meal of fenugreek, with wine and nitre, speedily removes ring-worm and dandriff of the head; and a decoction of it in hydromel, with the addition of axle-grease, is used for the cure of diseases of the generative organs, inflamed tumours, imposthumes of the parotid glands, gout in the feet and hands, maladies of the joints, and denudations of the bones. Kneaded with vinegar, it effects the cure of sprains, and, boiled in oxymel only, it is used as a liniment for affections of the spleen. Kneaded with wine, it acts as a detergent upon carcinomatous sores; after which, applied with honey, it effects a perfect cure. A pottage too is made of this meal, which is taken for ulcerations of the chest and chronic coughs; it is kept boiling a considerable time, in order to remove the bitterness,[451] after which honey is added. We shall now proceed to speak of the plants which have gained a higher degree of reputation. SUMMARY.—Remedies, narratives, and observations, eleven hundred and seventy-six. ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED.—C. Valgius,[452] Pompeius Lenæus,[453] Sextius Niger[454] who wrote in Greek, Julius Bassus[455] who wrote in Greek, Antonius Castor,[456] Cornelius Celsus.[457] FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Theophrastus,[458] Apollodorus,[459] Democritus,[460] Orpheus,[461] Pythagoras,[462] Mago,[463] Menander[464] who wrote the “Biochresta,” Nicander,[465] Homer, Hesiod,[466] Musæus,[467] Sophocles,[468] Anaxilaüs.[469]