Note 2775 — BOOK XXII. THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
In B. xv. c. 7. See also B. xxiii. c. 49. Fée thinks it not unlikely that oil of sesame might have this effect. The people of Egypt still look upon this grain as an antophthalmic, but, as Fée says, without any good reason.