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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2732 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

Many species of the medusæ, Cuvier says, and other animals of the same class, the physalus more especially, cause an itching sensation in the skin when they are touched. This is noticed also by Ælian, Hist. Anim. B. vii. c. 35; and by Diphilus of Siphnos, in Athenæus, B. iii.

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