The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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Page 210
... liniment , it is a cure for tumours which have suddenly formed . Elaterium promotes the menstrual discharge ; but if taken by females when pregnant , it is productive of abortion . It is good , also , for asthma , and , injected into ...
... liniment , it is a cure for tumours which have suddenly formed . Elaterium promotes the menstrual discharge ; but if taken by females when pregnant , it is productive of abortion . It is good , also , for asthma , and , injected into ...
Page 213
... liniment with rose - oil and vinegar , moderates the burning heats of fevers ; and the ashes of the dried fruit applied to burns are efficacious in a most remarkable degree . 43 Chrysippus , the physician , condemned the use of the ...
... liniment with rose - oil and vinegar , moderates the burning heats of fevers ; and the ashes of the dried fruit applied to burns are efficacious in a most remarkable degree . 43 Chrysippus , the physician , condemned the use of the ...
Page 215
... liniment for the stings of serpents . Taken fasting in the morning with honey , radishes are good for a cough . Parched radish - seed , as well as ium bulbocastanum of Linnæus , or the Peucedanum silaus of Linnæus , and the second is ...
... liniment for the stings of serpents . Taken fasting in the morning with honey , radishes are good for a cough . Parched radish - seed , as well as ium bulbocastanum of Linnæus , or the Peucedanum silaus of Linnæus , and the second is ...
Page 218
... liniment , are a cure for the stings of bees , wasps , and hornets . The root , pulled up before sunrise , and wrapped in wool of the colour known as " native , ' , " 80 taken from a sheep which has just dropped a ewe lamb , is employed ...
... liniment , are a cure for the stings of bees , wasps , and hornets . The root , pulled up before sunrise , and wrapped in wool of the colour known as " native , ' , " 80 taken from a sheep which has just dropped a ewe lamb , is employed ...
Page 222
... liniment for the stings of serpents and all kinds of ulcerous sores . In com- 7 6 bination with woman's milk , it is employed for affections of the ears ; and in cases of singing in the ears and hardness of hear- ing , it is injected ...
... liniment for the stings of serpents and all kinds of ulcerous sores . In com- 7 6 bination with woman's milk , it is employed for affections of the ears ; and in cases of singing in the ears and hardness of hear- ing , it is injected ...
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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