The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... applied to various uses , and among others has given origin to our word " lenticula . " I find it stated in some authors that a lentil diet is productive of evenness of temper . The pea requires to be sown in a warm , sunny spot , and ...
... applied to various uses , and among others has given origin to our word " lenticula . " I find it stated in some authors that a lentil diet is productive of evenness of temper . The pea requires to be sown in a warm , sunny spot , and ...
Page 95
... applied to them . There is no hail that can be compared with this destructive malady , nor yet any of those tempests , which have been productive of such scarcity and dearth . For the evil effects of these , at the very utmost , are ...
... applied to them . There is no hail that can be compared with this destructive malady , nor yet any of those tempests , which have been productive of such scarcity and dearth . For the evil effects of these , at the very utmost , are ...
Page 141
... applied from it are made , the rigging of ships , various appliances of mechanism employed in building , and ... applying spartum to a similar purpose . chap . 10. the bulb eriophorus . Theophrastus informs us , that there is a kind of ...
... applied from it are made , the rigging of ships , various appliances of mechanism employed in building , and ... applying spartum to a similar purpose . chap . 10. the bulb eriophorus . Theophrastus informs us , that there is a kind of ...
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... applied , gives instantaneous relief in cases of gout and diseases of the joints . As a remedy , too , for lum- bago , the seed of it is dried in the sun and pounded , being given in doses of twenty denarii to half a sextarius of water ...
... applied , gives instantaneous relief in cases of gout and diseases of the joints . As a remedy , too , for lum- bago , the seed of it is dried in the sun and pounded , being given in doses of twenty denarii to half a sextarius of water ...
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... applied to the face , of clearing the skin ; a result which is equally produced by an external application of the leaves of all the cultivated cucumbers . These leaves , mixed with honey , are employed for the cure of the pustules known ...
... applied to the face , of clearing the skin ; a result which is equally produced by an external application of the leaves of all the cultivated cucumbers . These leaves , mixed with honey , are employed for the cure of the pustules known ...
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ancients applied topically arrests barley bean beaten beneficial bladder blossom boiled bowels bulbs cabbage Cæsar calends called CHAP chaplets colour Columella corn cucumber cultivated cunila cure decoction defluxions Dioscorides diseases diuretic doses dried dysentery effect efficacious Egypt emmenagogue employed endive erysipelas esteemed extremely fact Fée remarks Fée says Fée thinks flatulency flavour flower garden given grain Greeks grows head head-ache Heliotropium Hippocrates honey Italy jugerum juice kind known leaf leaves lettuce liniment Linnæus maladies medicinal properties mentioned mixed moon nature numerous oxymel pains parsley particularly persons plant Pliny poison polenta poppy Portrait pounded present day probably produce purpose radish REMEDIES DERIVED resemblance root saffron scorpions seed sextarii similar smell soil sores sowing sown Sprengel stalk stem stings stings of serpents stomach strangury taken in drink taken in wine Theophrastus Trans tumours ulcers uterus varieties vine vinegar vols wheat wild wind winter