The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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Page 123
... arrests their onward progress . 11 Theophrastus , Cicero , and Plutarch state to a similar effect ; and it is corroborated by the experience of most mariners . 12 The ink - fish ; Sepia loligo of Linnæus . See B. ix . c . 21 . auions of ...
... arrests their onward progress . 11 Theophrastus , Cicero , and Plutarch state to a similar effect ; and it is corroborated by the experience of most mariners . 12 The ink - fish ; Sepia loligo of Linnæus . See B. ix . c . 21 . auions of ...
Page 157
... arrest their progress , or if they are left to hang , they will grow curved and crooked . Of these facts we may be satisfactorily convinced in a single night even , for if a vessel filled with water is placed at four fingers ' distance ...
... arrest their progress , or if they are left to hang , they will grow curved and crooked . Of these facts we may be satisfactorily convinced in a single night even , for if a vessel filled with water is placed at four fingers ' distance ...
Page 217
... arrests the progress of ulcers known as phagedænic . Democritus regards them , taken with the food , as an aphrodisiac ; and it is for this reason , perhaps , that some persons have spoken of them as being injurious to the voice . The ...
... arrests the progress of ulcers known as phagedænic . Democritus regards them , taken with the food , as an aphrodisiac ; and it is for this reason , perhaps , that some persons have spoken of them as being injurious to the voice . The ...
Page 218
... found suitable for any of the purposes here mentioned by Pliny ; though equally recommended for them by Galen , Dioscorides , and in Athenæus . is a diuretic also , and it will arrest the 218 [ Book XX PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... found suitable for any of the purposes here mentioned by Pliny ; though equally recommended for them by Galen , Dioscorides , and in Athenæus . is a diuretic also , and it will arrest the 218 [ Book XX PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
Page 219
Pliny (the Elder.) is a diuretic also , and it will arrest the progress of phagedænic ulcers , if applied fresh with honey , or else dried and sprinkled on them with meal . Dieuches recommends the root of it to be given , with hy ...
Pliny (the Elder.) is a diuretic also , and it will arrest the progress of phagedænic ulcers , if applied fresh with honey , or else dried and sprinkled on them with meal . Dieuches recommends the root of it to be given , with hy ...
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