Note 639 — BOOK I.—OF THE EPIDEMICS.
Francis Adams translation
The season of the Dog-star was immediately after the summer solstice, namely, when the sun enters the constellation Leo. The classical reader will readily bring to his recollection the lines of Horace, which are descriptive of this season:
“Jam Procyon furit; Et stella vesani Leonis, Sole dies referente siccos.”