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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 1333 — BOOK XX. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.

John Bostock translation

“Ignis sacer,” literally “sacred fire.” It is sometimes called “St. Anthony’s fire.” Celsus, in describing it, distinguishes it, however, from erysipelas, and divides it into two kinds.

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