Note 88 — Chapter II · OF THE CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE POSSESSED BY THE ANCIENTS.
Reading edition
Plinii Hist. Nat. xxviii. 12. The passage of Pliny is as follows: “Prodest et sapo; Gallorum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis ex sevo et cinere. Optimus fagino et caprino, duobus modis, spissus et liquidus: uterque apud Germanos majore in usu viris quam feminis.”