Note 721 — Chapter III · INDUSTRY: PERFUMERS, BARBERS, GOLDSMITHS, LAPIDARIES, ETC.
Reading edition
These pastilles (τροχίσκοι) were about three oboloi in weight, and the purpose for which they were worn is thus stated by Dioscorides:—χρῆσις δὲ αὐτωναὐτων ἐστιν, ἐπὶ γυναικῶν περιτιθεμένων τῳ τραχήλῳ ἀντὶ ὁρμῶν, ἀμβλυνουσῶν τὴν τῶν ἱδρώτων δυσωδίαν. i. 131.