Note (25) — BOOK I.
James Greive translation
25. Hyssop.) Hippocrates thus prescribes it for a vomit to corpulent men; let about a gill of powdered hyssop be given to drink in a gallon of water, adding a little vinegar and salt, to make it as pleasant as possible; and let this be drunk at first gradually, and afterwards more quickly. Lib. de Salub. Vict. Rat. p. 338. Edit. Gen. 1657.