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Jet. — Cardiinus (do su})stilitato, lih. 5) says that — 



the wearing of thi^ .«tfnu' doth secure men from nocturnal fears, fmm incnhus or 

 succulni.*, or tlie nightman-, and from evil spirits; and that hcinii drunk will show 

 whether a maid hatli her viririnity or no. 



Believed to dissolve spc^Us iuul enchantments. "" If hunu'd us in- 

 cense, its smoke (lri\os invay (h'\ ils and relieves the dropsical." (Hoe- 

 tius, De Gaoate.) 



Bruised in water andoi\(Mi to a oravid animal, it hrings forward the 

 foetus. Its powdei' cures epilepsy and fastens loose teeth. Mixed 

 with the marrow of a stag' and takiMi internally, it cures snak(> hites. 

 (Speculum Lapidum. 1502.) 



Used as a perfume, it prevented irregularity in female periods. 

 (Wurtz. Tab. f»"ener. prac.) 



Laph-laznli. — Believed to cure melancholia. (Speculum Lapidum.) 



Dioscorides. in De Materia Medica. suooests its use as a cure for 

 melancholy, and states that it is a good purgative. 



Cardanus advises its use in pectoral diseases of children and in epi- 

 lepsy. The dose to be live grains. (De Subtilitate.) 



Boetius (Tract, de Lapidibus et Geuuuis) states tiiat it is a good 

 purgative. Unwashed, it purges l)y vomiting; washed, it purges by 

 stool. Used for this purpose to-day in India. Chile, and Peru. 



A. Mussa Brassavolus (Lib. de ^led. purgant.) used it as a purga- 

 tive accoi'ding to the following prescription: 



Ijfc. Lapidi.s lazuli praeparati, 5j- Camphone, anisi, cinnamomi, zinziheris, mas- 

 tiches ana, p:r. (5. ^lisce, cum succo salvias vel diacathohco liant jiilulie (juinq. Dosis 

 est a 9ij ad 5J) ^nt in pilulis, ant in pulvere, ant in jure, ant in aqua Boraginis, aut 

 in conserva Boraginis, aut in vino cretico. 



According- to Sanskrit medical science lapis-lazuli is cooling, and a 

 curative of Inliousness. (Mani-]Mala.) 



Lodei^Ume. — Orpheus, in the Hymni et de Lapidibus, says: 



It will confer strength, banish disease, and when worn constantly 

 about the person ward off epidemics and plagues. Sitting })efore it 

 and lixing the eyes earnestly upon it one has but to ask the gods for 

 light on any subject, and the answer Avill come breathing out through 

 the stone. The soul will hear it and the senses discover it clearly. 



In great repute in Europe during the tifteenth. sixteenth, and sev- 

 enteenth centuries for its numerous virtues as an auudet and drug. 

 Carried al)out the person it cured cramp and gout; held in the hand 

 during the hour of travail it shortened the time and eased the pains of 

 lal)or. Bruised and taken with honey, it was used as a purgative; 

 also cured dropsy. The same dose applied locally afforded relief 

 from wounds made by poisoned iroji. Taken internally with the juice 

 of fennel it cured disorders of the .spleen; applied as an ointment it 

 prevented baldness. A dram of the stone mixed with the fat of a ser- 

 pent and the juice of nettles caused insanity. The powder thrown 



