XVlll CONTENTS. 



CiTAP. PaE^e 



66. Remedies for fevers .. .. .. .. .. .. 354 



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 hfemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



74. Remedies for ulcers and carcinomatous sores . . . . . . 359 



75. Remedies for the itch . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 



76. Methods of extracting foreign substances which adhere to the 



body, and of restoring scjirs to their natural colour . . . . ib. 



11. 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 DEKIVED 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 latraleptics . . . . . . . , 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 tlie 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 commagenura. Four remedies derived ^ 



from it 390 



14. Remedies derived from the dog .. .. .. .. .. 391 



15. Remedies classified according to the different maladies. Reme- 



dies 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. 



