The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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Page 171
... acts on the membranes of the eye . 56 Pinguitudinis . " 57 Fée queries whether the early white onion of Florence , the smallest now known among the cultivated kinds , may not possibly be identical with the setanian , or else the ...
... acts on the membranes of the eye . 56 Pinguitudinis . " 57 Fée queries whether the early white onion of Florence , the smallest now known among the cultivated kinds , may not possibly be identical with the setanian , or else the ...
Page 202
... acts as a preservative to certain plants , such as scallions , for instance , leeks , radishes , parsley , lettuces , rape , and cucumbers . All the wild plants are generally smaller in the leaf and stalk than the cultivated ones , and ...
... acts as a preservative to certain plants , such as scallions , for instance , leeks , radishes , parsley , lettuces , rape , and cucumbers . All the wild plants are generally smaller in the leaf and stalk than the cultivated ones , and ...
Page 211
... acts as an emetic.2 Dried and reduced to a powder , it is given in doses of four oboli in hydromel , the patient , immediately after taking it , being made to walk half a mile . This powder is employed also in cosmetics29 for smoothing ...
... acts as an emetic.2 Dried and reduced to a powder , it is given in doses of four oboli in hydromel , the patient , immediately after taking it , being made to walk half a mile . This powder is employed also in cosmetics29 for smoothing ...
Page 212
... acts as a very powerful " purgative ; used as an injection , it is a remedy for all diseases of the intestines , the kidneys , and the loins , as well as for paralysis . The seed being first removed , it is boiled down in hydromel to ...
... acts as a very powerful " purgative ; used as an injection , it is a remedy for all diseases of the intestines , the kidneys , and the loins , as well as for paralysis . The seed being first removed , it is boiled down in hydromel to ...
Page 214
... acts as an aphro- disiac.48 Dionysius , too , says the same of rape , and more par- ticularly if it is seasoned with rocket ; " he adds , also , that roasted , and then applied with grease , it is excellent for pains in the joints ...
... acts as an aphro- disiac.48 Dionysius , too , says the same of rape , and more par- ticularly if it is seasoned with rocket ; " he adds , also , that roasted , and then applied with grease , it is excellent for pains in the joints ...
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