44 pliny's NATUEAL HISTOET. [Book XXXII, 



male scallop has a diuretic effect : the flesh of the female is 

 sweeter than that of the male, and of an uniform colour. 

 The eggs, too, of the saepia promote the urinary secretions, and 

 act detergently upon the kidneys. 



CHAP. 33. EEMEDIES FOE Il^TESTINAL HEENIA, AND POE DIS- 

 EASES OF THE EECTUM. THE WATEE-SXAKE : OXE EEMEDY. 

 THE HTDETJS : ONE EEMEDY, THE MULLET : ONE EEMEDY. 

 THE PELAMIS I THREE EEMEDIES. 



For the cure of intestinal hernia the sea-hare is applied, 

 bruised with honey. The liver of the water-snake,®^ and that 

 of the hydrus,^° bruised and taken in drink, are remedial for 

 urinary calculi. Sciatica is cured by using the pickle of the 

 silurus^^ as a clyster, the bowels being first thoroughly purged. 

 Por chafing of the fundament, an application is made of heads 

 of mullets and surmullets, reduced to ashes ; for which pur- 

 pose they are calcined in an earthen vessel, and must be ap- 

 plied in combination with honey. Calcined heads, too, of 

 the fish known as msenae^^ are useful for the cure of chaps 

 and condylomata ; as also heads of salted pelamides,^^ reduced 

 to ashes, or calcined cybium,^* applied with honey. 



The torpedo,^^ applied topically, reduces procidence of the 

 rectum. River-crabs,^^ reduced to ashes, and applied with oil 

 and wax, are curative of chaps of the fundament ; sea-crabs, 

 too, are equally useful for the purpose. 



CHAP. 34. EEMEDIES FOE INFLAMED TDMOUES, AND FOE DISEASES 



OF THE GENEEATIVE OEGANS. THE SCI^NA : ONE EEMEDY. 

 THE PEECH : FOrE EEMEDIES. THE SQUATINA : THEEE EE- 

 MEDIES. THE SMAEIS : THEEE EEMEDIES. 



The pickle of the coracinus^ disperses inflammatory tu- 

 mours ; an effect which is equally produced by using the cal- 



69 It is not improbable that he may mean the same animal that has been 

 mentioned in cc. 19 and 26 of this Book, the Enhydris. See also B. 

 XXX. c. 8. ' 



90 See B. xxix. c. 22. si See B. ix. cc. 17, 25, 75. 

 93 See B. ix. c. 42, and Chapter 27 of this Book. 



93 See B. ix, cc. 18, 19, and Chapter 53 of this Book. 



91 Salted tunny. See B. ix. c. 18. 

 95 See B. ix. cc. 24, 48, 74, 75. 



9^ Our crawfish. 97 See B. ix. cc. 24, 32. 



