The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
32. Remedies for diseases of the spleen, for urinary calculi,
and for affections of the bladder. The sole: one remedy.
The turbot: one remedy. The blendius: one remedy. The
sea-nettle; seven remedies. The pulmo marinus: six
remedies. Onyches: four remedies 42
33. Remedies for intestinal hernia, and for diseases of the
rectum. The water-snake: one remedy. The hydrus: one
remedy. The mullet: one remedy. The pelamis: three
remedies 44
34. Remedies for inflamed tumours, and for diseases of the
generative organs. The sciæna: one remedy. The perch:
four remedies. The squatina: three remedies. The smaris:
three remedies _ib._
35. Remedies for incontinence of urine. The ophidion: one
remedy 46
36. Remedies for gout, and for pains in the feet. The beaver:
four remedies. Bryon: one remedy _ib._
37. Remedies for epilepsy 47
38. Remedies for fevers. The fish called asellus: one remedy.
The phagrus: one remedy _ib._
39. Remedies for lethargy, cachexy, and dropsy 49
40. Remedies for burns and for erysipelas _ib._
41. Remedies for diseases of the sinews 50
42. Methods of arresting hæmorrhage and of letting blood. The
polyp: one remedy _ib._
43. Methods of extracting foreign bodies from the flesh 51
44. Remedies for ulcers, carcinomata, and carbuncle 52
45. Remedies for warts, and for malformed nails. The glanis:
one remedy 53
46. Remedies for female diseases. The glauciscus: one
remedy _ib._
47. Methods of removing superfluous hair. Depilatories 55
48. Remedies for the diseases of infants 56
49. Methods of preventing intoxication. The fish called rubellio:
one remedy. The eel: one remedy. The grape-fish: one
remedy 57
50. Antaphrodisiacs and aphrodisiacs. The hippopotamus: one
remedy. The crocodile: one remedy _ib._
51. Remedies for the diseases of animals _ib._
52. Other aquatic productions. Adarca or calamochnos: three
remedies. Reeds: eight remedies. The ink of the sæpia 58
53. The names of all the animals that exist in the sea, one
hundred and seventy-six in number 59
54. Additional names of fishes found in the poem of Ovid 65
BOOK XXXIII.
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