Note (40) — BOOK V.
James Greive translation
40. Ammoniacum thymiama.) According to Constantine, this is nothing else than gum ammoniac. I forbear to mention the conjectures of others, that seem to be not well founded. Paulus Ægineta says, it is an opos, or juice, endued with such an emollient virtue as to discuss schirri and tophi. Lib. vii.