 They take first a crooked piece of iron, and with it draw out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs ; next they make a cut along the flank with a sharp Ethiopian stone...  History of Herodotus: A New English Version - Page 136by Herodotus - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1858 - 658 pages
...were noted for their iron out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs...wine,2 and again frequently with an infusion of pounded aromatice. After this they fill the cavity with the purest bruised myrrh, with cassia, and every other... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 814 pages
...piece of iron and with it draw out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs...make a cut along the flank with a sharp Ethiopian stone, and take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 552 pages
...nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drags ; next they make a cut along the flank with a sharp Ethiopian stone, l and take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly... | |
 | Herodotus - 1862 - 548 pages
...BEST MODE OF EMBALMING. BOOK II. the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs...take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which iii. 11); and Homer shows the quenching of iron to case-harden it was well known, when he adopts it... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - 1862 - 548 pages
...BEST MODE OF EMBALMING. BOOK IT. the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs;...take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which iii. 11); and Homer shows the quenching of iron to case-harden it was well known, when he adopts it... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1862 - 610 pages
...of iron, and with it draw out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs ; next they make a cut along the flank, and take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly with... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 560 pages
...nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drags ; next they make a cut along the flank with a sharp...which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly with palm-wine,3 and again frequently with an steel, with great hardness and sharpness of edge. In Asia... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 656 pages
...and sharpness of CHAP. 86. USE OF AROMATIC DRUGS. 141 nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs...(aromatics. After this they fill the cavity with the purest bruisc'd myrrh, with cassia, and every sort of spicery8 except frankincense, and sew up the opening.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 556 pages
...blades the elasticity of CHAP. 86. THE BEST MODE. 121 the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs...which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly with palm-wine,2 and again frequently with an steel, with great hardness and sharpnese of edge. In Asia... | |
 | 1882 - 410 pages
...of iron, and with it draw out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs;...make a cut along the flank with a sharp Ethiopian stone, and take out the whole contents of the abdomen, which they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly... | |
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