CONTENTS 



or THE SIXTH YOLUME. 



BOOK XXXII. 



REMEDIES DEKIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS. 

 CHAP. P^gC 



1. The power of Nature as manifested in antipathies. The 



ecLeneis : two remedies .. .. .. .. .. 1 



2. The torpedo : nine remedies . . . . . . . . . . 4 



3. Tlie sea-bare : five remedies . . . . . . . . ib. 



4. Marvels of the Red Sea ., .. .. .. .. 5 



5. The instincts of fishes .. .. .. .. .. 6 



6. Marvellous properties belonging to certain fishes . . . . 8 



7. Places where fish eat fi-om the hand . . . . . . ib. 



8. Places where fish recognize the human voice. Oracular re- 



sponses given by fish . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



9. Places where bitter fish are found, salt, or sweet . . . . 9 



10. "When sea-fish were first eaten by the people of Rome. The 



ordinance of King Numa as to fish . . . . . . . 10 



11. Coral: forty- three remedies and observations .. .. ib. 



12. The fintipathies and sympathies which exist between certain 



objects. The hatreds manifested by certain aquatic ani- 

 mals. The pastinaca ; eight remedies. Tliegaleos: fifteen 

 remedies. The sur-mullet : fifteen remedies .. .. 12 



13. Amphibious animals. Castoreum: sixty-six remedies and 



observations .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 



14. The tortoise : sixty-six remedies and observations . . . . 15 



15. Eemedies derived from the aquatic animals, classified accord- 



ing to the respective diseases .. .. .. .. 18 



16. Remedies for poisons, and for noxious spells. The dorade : 



four remedies. The sea-star: seven remedies .. ., 19 



17. Remedies for the stings of serpents, for the bites of dogs, 



and for injuries inflicted by venomous animals. The sea- 

 dragon : three remedies. Twenty-five remedies derived 

 from salted fish. The sarda: one remedy. Eleven reme- 

 dies derived from cvbium . . . . 20 



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