Note 123 — Chapter XIII · OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS

Celandine, Chalidonium Majus, from χελιδων, a swallow. The name was derived from the tradition that swallows used it to open the eyes of their young or to restore their sight. Has a yellow flower and an acrid, bitter, orange juice. Internally an irritant poison. Infusions in wine used by Galen and Bioscorides for jaundice, probably from the colour of the juice and flowers. Externally the juice was much used for wounds, ulcers, ophthalmic cases, and for the removal of warts. The Old French name for this plant was herbe d'arondelles (hirondelles).