CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.
John Bostock translation
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED PROM THE FOREST TREES.
Chap. Page
1. The antipathies and sympathies which exist among trees and plants 1
2. The lotus of Italy: six remedies 3
3. Acorns: thirteen remedies 4
4. The kermes-berry of the holm-oak: three remedies ib.
5. Gall-nuts: twenty-three remedies 5
6. Mistletoe: eleven remedies ib.
7. The excrescences which grow on the robur: one remedy. The cerrus: eight remedies 6
8. The cork-tree: two remedies 7
9. The beech: four remedies ib.
10. The cypress: twenty-three remedies ib.
11. The cedar: thirteen remedies 8
12. Cedrides: ten remedies 9
13. Galbanum: twenty-three remedies 10
14. Hammoniacum: twenty-four remedies 11
15. Storax: ten remedies ib.
16. Spondylium: seventeen remedies 12
17. Sphagnos, sphacos, or bryon: five remedies ib.
18. The terebinth: six remedies ib.
19. The pitch-tree and the larch: eight remedies 13
20. The chamæpitys: ten remedies ib.
21. The pityusa: six remedies 14
22. Resins: twenty-two remedies 15
23. Pitch: twenty-three remedies 17
24. Pisselæon and palimpissa: sixteen remedies 18
25. Pissasphaltos: two remedies ib.
26. Zopissa: one remedy 19
27. The torch-tree: one remedy ib.
28. The lentisk: twenty-two remedies ib.
29. The plane-tree: twenty-five remedies 20
30. The ash: five remedies 21
31. The maple: one remedy ib.
32. The poplar: eight remedies ib.
33. The elm: sixteen remedies 22
34. The linden-tree: five remedies 23
35. The elder: fifteen remedies ib.
36. The juniper: twenty-one remedies 24
37. The willow: fourteen remedies. The willow of Ameria: one remedy 25
38. The vitex: thirty-three remedies 26
39. The erica: one remedy 28
40. The broom: five remedies ib.
41. The myrica, otherwise called the tamarica, or tamarix: three remedies 29
42. The brya: twenty-nine remedies 30
43. The blood-red shrub: one remedy 31
44. The siler: three remedies ib.
45. The privet: eight remedies 32
46. The alder: one remedy ib.
47. The several varieties of the ivy: thirty-nine remedies ib.
48. The cisthos: five remedies 34
49. The cissos erythranos: two remedies. The chamæcissos: two remedies. The smilax: three remedies. The clematis: eighteen remedies ib.
50. The reed: nineteen remedies 35
51. The papyrus, and the paper made from it: three remedies 36
52. The ebony: five remedies 37
53. The rhododendron: one remedy ib.
54. The rhus or sumach-tree; two varieties of it: eight remedies. Stomatice 38
55. Rhus erythros: nine remedies ib.
56. The erythrodanus: eleven remedies ib.
57. The alysson: two remedies 39
58. The radicula or struthion: thirteen remedies. The apocynum: two observations upon it ib.
59. Rosemary: eighteen remedies 40
60. The seed called cachrys. 41
61. The herb savin: seven remedies ib.
62. Selago: two remedies ib.
63. Samolus: two remedies 42
64. Gum: eleven remedies ib.
65. The Egyptian or Arabian thorn: four remedies 43
66. The white thorn: two remedies. The acanthion: one remedy ib.
67. Gum acacia: eighteen remedies ib.
68. Aspalathos: one remedy 45
69. The erysisceptrum, adipsatheon, or diaxylon: eight remedies ib.
70. The thorn called appendix: two remedies. The pyracantha: one remedy 46
71. The paliurus: ten remedies ib.
72. The agrifolia. The aquifolia: one remedy. The yew: one property belonging to it ib.
73. The bramble: fifty-one remedies 47
74. The cynosbatos: three remedies 48
75. The Idæan bramble 50
76. The rhamnos; two varieties of it: five remedies ib.
77. Lycium: eighteen remedies 51
78. Sarcocolla: two remedies 52
79. Oporice: two remedies ib.
80. The trixago, chamædrys, chamædrops, or teucria: sixteen remedies ib.
81. The chamædaphne: five remedies 53
82. The chamelæa: six remedies ib.
83. The chamæsyce: eight remedies 54
84. The chamæcissos: one remedy ib.
85. The chamæleuce, farfarum, or farfugium: one remedy ib.
86. The chamæpeuce: five remedies. The chamæcyparissos: two remedies. The ampeloprason: six remedies. The stachys: one remedy 55
87. The clinopodion, cleonicion, zopyron, or ocimoïdes: three remedies ib.
88. The clematis centunculus: three remedies 56
89. The clematis echites, or lagine ib.
90. The Egyptian clematis, daphnoïdes, or polygonoïdes: two remedies 57
91. Different opinions on dracontium ib.
92. The aron: thirteen remedies 58
93. The dracunculus: two remedies 60
94. The arisaros: three remedies ib.
95. The millefolium or myriophyllon: seven remedies 61
96. The pseudobunion: four remedies ib.
97. The myrrhis, myriza, or myrrha: seven remedies ib.
98. The onobrychis: three remedies 62
99. Coracesta and callicia ib.
100. The minsas or corinthia: one remedy 63
101. The aproxis: six remedies ib.
102. The aglaophotis or marmaritis. The achæmenis or hippophobas. The theobrotion or semnion. The adamantis. The arianis. The therionarca. The ætheopis or merois. The ophiusa. The thalassegle or potamaugis. The theangelis. The gelotophyllis. The hestiatoris or protomedia. The casignetes or dionysonymphas. The helianthes or heliocallis. The hermesias. The æschynomene. The crocis. The œnotheris. The anacampseros 64
103. The eriphia 67
104. The wool plant: one remedy. The lactoris: one remedy. The militaris: one remedy 68
105. The stratiotes: five remedies ib.
106. A plant growing on the head of a statue: one remedy ib.
107. A plant growing on the banks of a river: one remedy 69
108. The herb called lingua: one remedy ib.
109. Plants that take root in a sieve: one remedy ib.
110. Plants growing upon dunghills: one remedy ib.
111. Plants that have been moistened with the urine of a dog: one remedy ib.
112. The rodarum: three remedies ib.
113. The plant called impia: two remedies 70
114. The plant called Venus’ comb: one remedy ib.
115. The exedum. The plant called notia: two remedies 71
116. The philanthropos: one remedy. The lappa canaria: two remedies ib.
117. Tordylon or syreon: three remedies ib.
118. Gramen: seventeen remedies 72
119. Dactylos: five remedies 73
120. Fenugreek or silicia: thirty-one remedies 74
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS.
1. When the wild plants were first brought into use 77
2. The Latin authors who have written upon these plants 78
3. At what period the Romans acquired some knowledge of this subject ib.
4. Greek authors who have delineated the plants in colours 80
5. The first Greek authors who wrote upon plants ib.
6. Why a few of the plants only have been used medicinally. Plants, the medicinal properties of which have been miraculously discovered. The cynorrhodos: two remedies. The plant called dracunculus: one remedy. The britannica: five remedies 83
7. What diseases are attended with the greatest pain. Names of persons who have discovered famous plants 86
8. Moly: three remedies 87
9. The dodecatheos: one remedy 88
10. The pæonia, pentorobus, or glycyside: one remedy ib.
11. The panaces asclepion: two remedies 89
12. The panaces heracleon: three remedies 90
13. The panaces chironion: four remedies ib.
14. The panaces centaurion or pharnacion: three remedies ib.
15. The heracleon siderion: four remedies 91
16. The ampelos chironia: one remedy ib.
17. Hyoscyamos, known also as the apollinaris or altercum; five varieties of it: three remedies ib.
18. Linoxostis, parthenion, hermupoa, or mercurialis: two varieties of it: twenty-two remedies 92
19. The achilleos, sideritis, panaces heracleon, millefolium, or scopæ regiæ; six varieties of it: three remedies 94
20. The teucrion, hemionion, or splenion: two remedies 95
21. Melampodium, hellebore, or veratrum; three varieties of it. The way in which it is gathered, and how the quality of it is tested 96
22. Twenty-four remedies derived from black hellebore. How it should be taken 98
23. Twenty-three remedies derived from white hellebore 99
24. Eighty-eight observations upon the two kinds of hellebore 100
25. To what persons hellebore should never be administered 101
26. The mithridatia 102
27. The scordotis or scordion: four remedies ib.
28. The polemonia, philetæria, or chiliodynamus: six remedies ib.
29. The eupatoria: one remedy 103
30. Centaurion or chironion: twenty remedies ib.
31. The centaurion lepton, or libadion, known also as fel terræ: twenty-two remedies 104
32. The centauris triorchis: two remedies ib.
33. Clymenus: two remedies 105
34. Gentian: thirteen remedies ib.
35. The lysimachia: eight remedies 106
36. Artemisia, parthenis, botrys, or ambrosia: five remedies ib.
37. Nymphæa, heracleon, rhopalon, or madon; two varieties of it: four remedies 107
38. Two varieties of euphorbia: four remedies. The chamelæa ib.
39. Two varieties of the plantago: forty-six remedies 109
40. Buglossos; three remedies ib.
41. Cynoglossos: three remedies 110
42. The buphthalmos or cachla: one remedy ib.
43. Plants which have been discovered by certain nations. The scythice: one remedy ib.
44. The hippace: three remedies 111
45. The ischæmon: two remedies ib.
46. The cestros, psychotrophon, vettonica, or serratula: forty-eight remedies ib.
47. The cantabrica: two remedies 112
48. Consiligo: one remedy ib.
49. The iberis: seven remedies 113
50. Plants which have been discovered by certain animals. Chelidonia: six remedies 114
51. The dog-plant: one remedy ib.
52. The elaphoboscon 115
53. Dictamnon; eight remedies. Pseudodictamnon or chondris. In what places the most powerful plants are found. How that milk is drunk in Arcadia for the beneficial effects of the plants upon which the cattle feed ib.
54. The aristolochia, clematitis, cretica, plistolochia, lochia polyrrhizos, or apple of the earth: twenty-two remedies 116
55. The employment of these plants for injuries inflicted by serpents 118
56. The argemonia: four remedies 119
57. Agaric: thirty-three remedies 120
58. The echios; three varieties of it: two remedies ib.
59. Hierabotane, peristereon, or verbenaca; two varieties of it: ten remedies 121
60. The blattaria: one remedy 122
61. Lemonium: one remedy ib.
62. Quinquefolium, known also as pentapetes, pentaphyllon, or chamæzelon: thirty-three remedies ib.
63. The sparganion: one remedy 123
64. Four varieties of the daucus: eighteen remedies ib.
65. The therionarca: two remedies 124
66. The persolata or areion: eight remedies ib.
67. Cyclaminos or tuber terræ: twelve remedies 125
68. The cyclaminos cissanthemos: four remedies ib.
69. The cyclaminos chamæcissos: three remedies 126
70. Peucedanum: twenty-eight remedies ib.
71. Ebulum: six remedies 127
72. Polemonia: one remedy ib.
73. Phlomos or verbascum: fifteen remedies ib.
74. The phlomis: one remedy. The lychnitis or thryallis ib.
75. The thelyphonon or scorpio: one remedy 128
76. The phrynion, neuras, or poterion: one remedy ib.
77. The alisma, damasonion, or lyron: seventeen remedies 129
78. Peristereos: six remedies 130
79. Remedies against certain poisons ib.
80. The antirrhinum, anarrhinon, or lychnis agria: three remedies 131
81. Euclea: one remedy ib.
82. The pericarpum; two varieties of it: two remedies ib.
83. Remedies for diseases of the head. Nymphæa heraclia: two remedies 132
84. The lingulaca: one remedy ib.
85. The cacalia or leontice: three remedies 133
86. The callitrichos: one remedy ib.
87. Hyssop: ten remedies ib.
88. The lonchitis: four remedies 134
89. The xiphion or phasganion: four remedies ib.
90. Psyllion, cynoïdes, crystallion, sicelicon, or cynomyia; sixteen remedies. Thryselinum: one remedy 135
91. Remedies for diseases of the eyes 136
92. The anagallis, or corchoron; two varieties of it: six remedies ib.
93. The ægilops: two remedies 138
94. Mandragora, circæon, morion, or hippophlomos; two varieties of it: twenty-four remedies ib.
95. Hemlock: thirteen remedies 140
96. Crethmos agrios: one remedy ib.
97. Molybdæna: one remedy ib.
98. The first kind of capnos, known also as chicken’s foot: one remedy 142
99. The arborescent capnos: three remedies ib.
100. The acoron or agrion: fourteen remedies ib.
101. The cotyledon: two varieties of it: sixty-one remedies 143
102. The greater aizoüm, also called buphthalmos, zoöphthalmos, stergethron, hypogeson, ambrosion, amcrimnon, seduni magnum, or digitellus: thirty-six remedies. The smaller aizoüm, also called erithales, trithales, chrysothales, isoëtes or sedum: thirty-two remedies ib.
103. The andrachle agria or illecebra: thirty-two remedies 144
104. A remedy for diseases of the nostrils 145
105. Remedies for diseases of the teeth ib.
106. Erigeron, pappus, acanthis, or senecio: eight remedies 146
107. The ephemeron: two remedies 147
108. The labrum Venereum: one remedy 148
109. The batrachion, ranunculus, or strumus; four varieties of it: fourteen remedies ib.
110. Remedial preparations for offensive breath: two kinds of them 150
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR DISEASES.
1. New forms of disease 152
2. The nature of lichen ib.
3. At what period lichen first made its appearance in Italy ib.
4. Carbuncle 154
5. Elephantiasis ib.
6. Colic 155
7. The new system of medicine: Asclepiades the physician 156
8. The changes effected by Asclepiades in the practice of medicine 157
9. Remarks in dispraise of the practices of magic 159
10. Lichen: five remedies 160
11. Quinzy 161
12. Scrofula ib.
13. The plant called bellis: two remedies 162
14. The condurdum ib.
15. Cough 163
16. Bechion, otherwise known as arcion, chamæleuce, or tussilago: three remedies 164
17. The bechion, known also as salvia: four remedies ib.
18. Affections of the side, chest, and stomach ib.
19. Molon or syron. Amomum 165
20. The ephedra or anabasis; three remedies 166
21. Geum; three remedies ib.
22. Tripolium: three remedies 167
23. The gromphæna ib.
24. The malundrum: two remedies ib.
25. Chalcetum; two remedies. Molemonium; one remedy 168
26. Halus or cotonea: five remedies 169
27. The chamædrops: one remedy. The stœchas: one remedy ib.
28. Remedies for diseases of the belly ib.
29. The astragalus: six remedies 170
30. Ladanum: eighteen remedies 171
31. Chondris or pseudodictamnon: one remedy. Hypocisthis or orobethron; two varieties: eight remedies 172
32. Laver or sion: two remedies ib.
33. Potamogiton: eight remedies. The statice: three remedies ib.
34. The ceratia: two remedies. Leontopodion, leuceoron, doripetron, or thorybethron. Lagopus: three remedies 173
35. Epithymon or hippopheos; eight remedies 174
36. Pycnocomon; four remedies 175
37. Polypodion; three remedies ib.
38. Scammony; eight remedies 176
39. The tithymalos characias 177
40. The tithymalos myrtites, or caryites; twenty-one remedies 178
41. The tithymalos paralios, or tithymalis; four remedies 179
42. The tithymalos helioscopios; eighteen remedies ib.
43. The tithymalos cyparissias; eighteen remedies 180
44. The tithymalos platyphyllos, corymbites, or amygdalites; three remedies ib.
45. The tithymalos dendroïdes, cobios, or leptophyllos; eighteen remedies ib.
46. The apios ischas, or raphanos agria; two remedies ib.
47. Remedies for griping pains in the bowels 181
48. Remedies for diseases of the spleen ib.
49. Remedies for calculi and diseases of the bladder 182
50. Crethmos; eleven remedies. Cachry 183
51. The anthyllion; two remedies. The anthyllis; two remedies 184
52. Cepæa; one remedy ib.
53. Hypericon, chamæpitys, or corison; nine remedies 185
54. Caros or hypericon; ten remedies ib.
55. The callithrix; one remedy. The perpressa; one remedy. The chrysanthemum; one remedy. The anthemis; one remedy 186
56. Silaus; one remedy ib.
57. The plant of Fulvius 187
58. Remedies for diseases of the testes and of the fundament ib.
59. Inguinalis or argemo 188
60. Remedies for inflamed tumours. Chrysippios; one remedy ib.
61. Aphrodisiacs and antaphrodisiacs 189
62. The orchis or serapias; five medicinal properties. Satyrion ib.
63. Satyrion; three medicinal properties. Satyrion erythraïcon; four medicinal properties 190
64. Remedies for the gout and diseases of the feet 192
65. Lappago or mollugo; one remedy. Asperugo; one remedy ib.
66. Phycos thalassion or sea-weed; three varieties of it. Lappa boaria 193
67. Maladies which attack the whole of the body 194
68. The geranion, myrrhis or myrtis; three varieties of it: six remedies 195
69. The onotheras or onear; three remedies 196
70. Remedies for epilepsy ib.
71. Remedies for fevers 197
72. Remedies for phrenitis, lethargy; and carbuncles 198
73. Remedies for dropsy. Acte or ebulum. Chamæacte. ib.
74. Remedies for erysipelas 199
75. Remedies for sprains 200
76. Remedies for jaundice ib.
77. Remedies for boils 201
78. Remedies for fistula ib.
79. Remedies for abscesses and hard tumours ib.
80. Remedies for burns 202
81. Remedies for diseases of the sinews and joints ib.
82. Remedies for hæmorrhage 203
83. Hippuris, otherwise called ephedron, anabasis, or equisætum; three kinds of it; eighteen remedies ib.
84. Stephanomelis 205
85. Remedies for ruptures and convulsions. Erysithales; one remedy ib.
86. Remedies for phthiriasis 206
87. Remedies for ulcers and wounds ib.
88. Polycnemon; one remedy 209
89. Remedies for warts, and applications for the removal of scars ib.
90. Remedies for female diseases 210
91. Arsenogonon; one medicinal property. Thelygonon; one medicinal property 213
92. Mastos; one remedy 214
93. Applications for the hair. Lysimachia. Ophrys ib.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
1. Researches of the ancients upon this subject 217
2. Aconite, otherwise called thelyphonon, cammaron, pardalianches, or scorpio; four remedies 218
3. Æthiopis; four remedies 221
4. Ageraton; four remedies ib.
5. The aloe; twenty-nine remedies 222
6. Alcea; one remedy 224
7. The alypon; one remedy ib.
8. Alsine, a plant used for the same purposes as helxine; five remedies ib.
9. The androsaces; six remedies 225
10. Androsæmon or ascyron; six remedies ib.
11. Ambrosia, botrys, or artemisia; three remedies 226
12. The anonis or ononis; five remedies ib.
13. The anagyros or acopon; three remedies ib.
14. The anonymos; two remedies 227
15. Aparine, omphalocarpos, or philanthropos; three remedies ib.
16. The arction or arcturum; five remedies 228
17. The asplenon or hemionion; two remedies ib.
18. The asclepias; two remedies 229
19. The aster or bubonion; three remedies ib.
20. Ascyron and ascyroïdes; three remedies ib.
21. The aphaca; three remedies 230
22. Alcibium; one remedy ib.
23. Alectoroslophos or crista; two remedies ib.
24. Alum, also called symphyton petræon; fourteen remedies 231
25. Alga rufa or red sea-weed; one remedy 232
26. Actæa; one remedy ib.
27. The ampelos agria, or wild vine; four remedies ib.
28. Absinthium or wormwood; four varieties; forty-eight remedies ib.
29. Absinthium marinum or seriphum 235
30. The ballotes, melamprasion, or black leek; three remedies 236
31. Botrys, ambrosia, or artemisia; one remedy ib.
32. The brabyla; one remedy ib.
33. Bryon maritimum; five remedies ib.
34. The bupleuron; one remedy 237
35. The catanance; one observation upon it. The cemos; one observation upon it ib.
36. The calyx; three remedies 238
37. The calyx, known also as anchusa or onoclia; two remedies ib.
38. The circæa; three remedies ib.
39. The cirsion; one remedy 239
40. The cratægonon; two kinds of it; eight remedies ib.
41. The crocodileon; two remedies 240
42. The cynosorchis or orchis; four remedies ib.
43. The chrysolachanum; two varieties of it; three remedies. Coagulum terræ; two remedies 241
44. The cucubalus, strumus, or strychnon; six remedies ib.
45. The conferva; two remedies 242
46. The coccus Cnidius, or grain of Cnidos; two remedies ib.
47. The dipsacos; two remedies ib.
48. The dryopteris; two remedies 243
49. The dryophonon ib.
50. The elatine; two remedies ib.
51. Empetros, by our people called calcifraga; four remedies 244
52. The epipactis or elleborine; two remedies ib.
53. The epimedion; three remedies ib.
54. The enneaphyllon; two remedies 245
55. Two varieties of filix or fern, known to the Greeks as pteris or blachnon, and as thelypteris or nymphæa pteris; eleven remedies ib.
56. Femur bubulum, or ox thigh 246
57. Galeopsis, galeobdolon, or galion; six remedies ib.
58. The glaux; one remedy 247
59. Glaucion; three remedies. Diaglaucia; two remedies ib.
60. The glycyside, pæonia, or pentorobos; twenty remedies 248
61. Gnaphalium or chamæzelon: six remedies 249
62. The gallidraga: one remedy ib.
63. Holcus or aristis 250
64. Hyoseris: one remedy ib.
65. The holosteon: three remedies ib.
66. The hippophæston: eight remedies ib.
67. The hypoglossa: one remedy 251
68. Hypecoön ib.
69. The Idæa herba or plant of Ida: four remedies ib.
70. The isopyron or phasiolon: two remedies ib.
71. The lathyris: two remedies 252
72. The leontopetalon or pardalion: two remedies ib.
73. The lycapsos: two remedies ib.
74. The lithospermum, exonychon, diospyron, or heracleos: two remedies 253
75. Lapidis muscus, or stone moss: one remedy 254
76. The limeum: one remedy ib.
77. The leuce, mesoleucon, or leucas: three remedies ib.
78. The leucographis: five remedies 255
79. The medion: three remedies ib.
80. The myosota or myosotis: three remedies ib.
81. The myagros: one remedy 256
82. The nyma: one remedy ib.
83. The natrix: one remedy ib.
84. Odontitis: one remedy 257
85. The othonna: one remedy ib.
86. The onosma: one property ib.
87. The onopordon: five remedies 258
88. The osyris: four remedies ib.
89. The oxys: two remedies ib.
90. The polyanthemum or batrachion: three remedies ib.
91. The polygonos, polygonatos, teuthalis, carcinethron, clema, or myrtopetalos, otherwise known as sanguinaria or orios: four varieties of it: forty remedies 259
92. The pancratium: twelve remedies 260
93. The peplis, syce, meconion, or mecon aphrodes: three remedies 261
94. The periclymenos: five remedies ib.
95. Pelecinon: one remedy 262
96. Polygala: one remedy ib.
97. Poterion, phrynion, or neuras: four remedies ib.
98. The phalangitis, phalangion, or leucacantha: four remedies 263
99. The phyteuma: one property ib.
100. The phyllon: one property ib.
101. The phellandrion: two remedies 264
102. The phalaris: two remedies ib.
103. The polyrrhizon: five remedies ib.
104. The proserpinaca: five remedies ib.
105. Rhacoma: thirty-six remedies 265
106. The reseda: two remedies ib.
107. The stœchas: three remedies 266
108. The solanum, by the Greeks called strychnon: two remedial properties ib.
109. Smyrnion: thirty-two remedies ib.
110. Telephion: four remedies 267
111. The trichomanes: five remedies 268
112. The thalictrum: one remedy ib.
113. Thlaspi and Persicon napy: four remedies ib.
114. The trachinia: one property 269
115. The tragonis or tragion: four remedies ib.
116. The tragos or scorpion: four remedies 270
117. The tragopogon or come ib.
118. The ages of plants ib.
119. How the greatest efficacy in plants may be ensured 271
120. Maladies peculiar to various nations ib.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
1. Introduction 275
2. Remedies derived from man 276
3. Whether words are possessed of any healing efficacy 278
4. That prodigies and portents may be confirmed, or made of no effect 280
5. A description of various usages 283
6. Two hundred and twenty-six observations on remedies derived from man. Eight remedies derived from children 286
7. Properties of the human spittle 288
8. Remedies derived from the wax of the human ear 291
9. Remedies derived from the human hair, teeth, &c. ib.
10. Remedies derived from the human blood, the sexual congress, &c. 292
11. Remedies derived from the dead ib.
12. Various reveries and devices of the magicians 293
13. Remedies derived from the human excretions 294
14. Remedies depending upon the human will 295
15. Remedies derived from sneezing 297
16. Remedies derived from the sexual congress ib.
17. Various other remedies 298
18. Remedies derived from the urine 299
19. Indications of health derived from the urine 301
20. Forty-one remedies derived from the female sex ib.
21. Remedies derived from woman’s milk 302
22. Remedies derived from the spittle of females 304
23. Facts connected with the menstrual discharge ib.
24. Remedies derived from foreign animals: the elephant, eight remedies 307
25. Ten remedies derived from the lion 308
26. Ten remedies derived from the camel ib.
27. Seventy-nine remedies derived from the hyæna 309
28. Nineteen remedies derived from the crocodile 314
29. Fifteen remedies derived from the chamæleon 315
30. Four remedies derived from the scincus 318
31. Seven remedies derived from the hippopotamus ib.
32. Five remedies derived from the lynx 319
33. Remedies furnished in common by animals of the same class, whether wild or tame. Fifty-four medicinal uses of milk, with observations thereon ib.
34. Twelve remedies derived from cheese 322
35. Twenty remedies derived from butter 323
36. Oxygala: one remedy 324
37. The various uses of fat, and observations upon it, fifty-two in number ib.
38. Suet 326
39. Marrow 327
40. Gall ib.
41. Blood 328
42. Peculiar remedies derived from various animals, and classified according to the maladies. Remedies against the poison of serpents, derived from the stag, the fawn, the ophion, the she-goat, the kid, and the ass ib.
43. Remedies for the bite of the mad dog. Remedies derived from the calf, the he-goat, and various other animals 331
44. Remedies to be adopted against enchantments. ib.
45. Remedies for poisons 332
46. Remedies for diseases of the head, and for alopecy 334
47. Remedies for affections of the eyes 335
48. Remedies for diseases and affections of the ears 337
49. Remedies for tooth-ache 338
50. Remedies for diseases of the face 340
51. Remedies for diseases of the tonsillary glands and for scrofula 342
52. Remedies for pains in the neck 343
53. Remedies for cough and for spitting of blood ib.
54. Remedies for affections of the stomach 344
55. Remedies for liver complaints and for asthma ib.
56. Remedies for pains in the loins ib.
57. Remedies for affections of the spleen 345
58. Remedies for bowel complaints 346
59. Remedies for tenesmus, tapeworm, and affections of the colon 348
60. Remedies for affections of the bladder, and for urinary calculi 349
61. Remedies for diseases of the generative organs and of the fundament 350
62. Remedies for gout and for diseases of the feet 352
63. Remedies for epilepsy 353
64. Remedies for jaundice 354
65. Remedies for broken bones ib.
66. Remedies for fevers ib.
67. Remedies for melancholy, lethargy, and phthisis 355
68. Remedies for dropsy 356
69. Remedies for erysipelas, and for purulent eruptions 357
70. Remedies for sprains, indurations, and boils ib.
71. Remedies for burns. The method of testing bull-glue; seven remedies derived from it ib.
72. Remedies for affections of the sinews and for contusions 358
73. Remedies for hæmorrhage ib.
74. Remedies for ulcers and carcinomatous sores 359
75. Remedies for the itch 360
76. Methods of extracting foreign substances which adhere body, and of restoring scars to their natural colour ib.
77. Remedies for female diseases ib.
78. Remedies for the diseases of infants 364
79. Provocatives of sleep 365
80. Stimulants for the sexual passions ib.
81. Remarkable facts relative to animals 366
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
1. The origin of the medical art 370
2. Particulars relative to Hippocrates. Date of the origin of clinical practice and of that of Iatraliptics 371
3. Particulars relative to Chrysippus and Erasistratus ib.
4. The Empiric branch of medicine 372
5. Particulars relative to Herophilus and other celebrated physicians. The various changes that have been made in the system of medicine ib.
6. Who first practised as a physician at Rome, and at what period 375
7. The opinions entertained by the Romans on the ancient physicians ib.
8. Evils attendant upon the practice of medicine 376
9. Thirty-five remedies derived from wool 381
10. Thirty-two remedies derived from wool-grease 383
11. Twenty-two remedies derived from eggs 385
12. Serpents’ eggs 388
13. The method of preparing commagenum. Four remedies derived from it 390
14. Remedies derived from the dog 391
15. Remedies classified according to the different maladies. Remedies for injuries inflicted by serpents. Remedies derived from mice 392
16. Remedies derived from the weasel ib.
17. Remedies derived from bugs ib.
18. Particulars relative to the asp 394
19. Remedies derived from the basilisk ib.
20. Remedies derived from the dragon 395
21. Remedies derived from the viper ib.
22. Remedies derived from the other serpents 396
23. Remedies derived from the salamander 397
24. Remedies derived from birds, for injuries inflicted by serpents. Remedies derived from the vulture 398
25. Remedies derived from poultry 399
26. Remedies derived from other birds 400
27. Remedies for the bite of the phalangium. The several varieties of that insect, and of the spider ib.
28. Remedies derived from the stellio, or spotted lizard 402
29. Remedies derived from various insects 403
30. Remedies derived from cantharides ib.
31. Various counter-poisons 405
32. Remedies for the bite of the mad dog ib.
33. Remedies for other poisons 407
34. Remedies for alopecy 408
35. Remedies for lice and porrigo 409
36. Remedies for head-ache, and for wounds on the head ib.
37. Remedies for affections of the eyelids 410
38. Remedies for diseases of the eyes 411
39. Remedies for pains and diseases of the ears 416
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
1. The origin of the magic art 421
2. When and where the art of magic originated: by what persons it was practised 422
3. Whether magic was ever practised in Italy. At what period the senate first forbade human sacrifices 425
4. The Druids of the Gallic provinces 426
5. The various branches of magic 427
6. The subterfuges practised by the magicians 428
7. Opinions of the magicians relative to the mole. Five remedies derived from it 429
8. The other remedies derived from living creatures, classified according to the respective diseases. Remedies for tooth-ache 430
9. Remedies for offensive odours and sores of the mouth 432
10. Remedies for spots upon the face ib.
11. Remedies for affections of the throat 433
12. Remedies for quinzy and scrofula 434
13. Remedies for diseases of the shoulders 436
14. Remedies for pains in the viscera 437
15. Remedies for pains in the stomach ib.
16. Remedies for pains in the liver, and for spitting of blood 438
17. Remedies for affections of the spleen 439
18. Remedies for pains in the side and in the loins 440
19. Remedies for dysentery 441
20. Remedies for the iliac passion, and for other maladies of the bowels 442
21. Remedies for urinary calculi and affections of the bladder 443
22. Remedies for diseases of the fundament and of the generative organs 445
23. Remedies for gout and for diseases of the feet 446
24. Remedies for evils which are liable to affect the whole body 448
25. Remedies for cold shiverings 449
26. Remedies for paralysis 450
27. Remedies for epilepsy ib.
28. Remedies for jaundice 452
29. Remedies for phrenitis ib.
30. Remedies for fevers 453
31. Remedies for dropsy 456
32. Remedies for erysipelas ib.
33. Remedies for carbuncles 457
34. Remedies for boils ib.
35. Remedies for burns ib.
36. Remedies for affections of the sinews ib.
37. Remedies for maladies of the nails and fingers 458
38. Methods for arresting hæmorrhage ib.
39. Remedies for ulcerous sores and wounds ib.
40. Remedies for broken bones 460
41. Applications for cicatrizations, and for the cure of morphew 461
42. Methods of extracting foreign substances from the body ib.
43. Remedies for female complaints 462
44. Methods of facilitating delivery 463
45. Methods of preserving the breasts from injury 464
46. Various kinds of depilatories 465
47. Remedies for the diseases of infants ib.
48. Provocatives of sleep 467
49. Aphrodisiacs and antaphrodisiacs ib.
50. Remedies for phthiriasis, and for various other affections 468
51. Remedies for intoxication ib.
52. Peculiarities relative to certain animals 469
53. Other marvellous facts connected with animals ib.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS.
1. Remarkable facts connected with water 471
2. The different properties of waters 472
3. Remedies derived from water 473
4. Waters productive of fecundity. Waters curative of insanity 474
5. Waters remedial for urinary calculi ib.
6. Waters curative of wounds 475
7. Waters preventive of abortion ib.
8. Waters which remove morphew ib.
9. Waters which colour the hair 476
10. Waters which colour the human body ib.
11. Waters which aid the memory, or are productive of forgetfulness 477
12. Waters which sharpen or dull the senses. Waters which improve the voice ib.
13. Waters which cause a distaste for wine. Waters which produce inebriety ib.
14. Waters which serve as a substitute for oil 478
15. Salt and bitter waters ib.
16. Waters which throw up stones. Waters which cause laughter and weeping. Waters which are said to be curative of love ib.
17. Waters which preserve their warmth for three days 479
18. Other marvellous facts connected with water. Water in which everything will sink. Waters in which nothing will sink ib.
19. Deadly waters. Poisonous fishes 480
20. Waters which petrify themselves, or cause other objects to petrify 482
21. The wholesomeness of waters ib.
22. The impurities of water 484
23. The modes of testing water 485
24. The Marcian Waters 487
25. The Virgin Waters 488
26. The method of searching for water ib.
27. Signs indicative of the presence of water 489
28. Differences in waters, according to the nature of the soil ib.
29. The qualities of water at the different seasons of the year 491
30. Historical observations upon waters which have suddenly made their appearance or suddenly ceased 492
31. The method of conveying water 494
32. How mineral waters should be used ib.
33. The uses of sea-water. The advantages of a sea-voyage 496
34. How artificial sea-water may be made in places at a distance from the sea 498
35. How thalassomeli is made ib.
36. How hydromeli is made ib.
37. Methods of providing against the inconvenience of drinking suspected water 499
38. Six remedies derived from moss. Remedies derived from sand ib.
39. The various kinds of salt; the methods of preparing it, and the remedies derived from it. Two hundred and four observations thereupon 500
40. Muria 503
41. The various properties of salt: one hundred and twenty historical remarks relative thereto 504
42. Flower of salt: twenty remedies. Salsugo: two remedies 506
43. Garum: fifteen remedies 507
44. Alex: eight remedies 508
45. The nature of salt 509
46. The various kinds of nitrum, the methods of preparing it, and the remedies derived from it: two hundred and twenty-one observations thereon 512
47. Sponges, and the remedies derived from them: ninety-two observations thereon 519
NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY