BOOK XXXI. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
Medical men, in their ignorance, comprehend all sponges under two names; African sponge, the substance of which is tougher and firmer; and Rhodian sponge, which is softer and better adapted for fomentations. At the present day, however, the softest sponges of all are those found about the walls of the city of Antiphellos.3229 Trogus informs us that the softest tent sponges are found out at sea, off the coast of Lycia, upon spots from which the sponge has been previously removed: we learn, too, from Polybius, that these fine sponges, suspended over a patient’s bed, will ensure him additional repose at night.3230
We will now turn to the remedies derived from the marine and aquatic animals.
Summary.—Remedies, narratives, and observations, nine hundred and twenty-four.
Roman authors quoted.—M. Varro,3231 Cassius3232 of Parma, Cicero,3233 Mucianus,3234 Cælius,3235 Celsus,3236 Trogus,3237 Ovid,3238 Polybius,3239 Sornatius.3240
Foreign authors quoted.—Callimachus,3241 Ctesias,3242 Eudicus,3243 Theophrastus,3244 Eudoxus,3245 Theopompus,3246 Polycritus,3247 Juba,3248 Lycus,3249 Apion,3250 Epigenes,3251 Pelops,3252 Apelles,3253 Democritus,3254 Thrasyllus,3255 Nicander,3256 Menander3257 the Comic writer, Attalus,3258 Sallustius Dionysius,3259 Andreas,3260 Niceratus,3261 Hippocrates,3262 Anaxilaüs.3263