Chap. 120.] SUMMAET. 75 * 



of the intestines, and that the seed is beneficial for affections 

 of the joints and chest. Boiled with mallows and then taken 

 in honied wine, fenugreek is extolled in the highest terms, as 

 serviceable for affections of the uterus and intestines. Indeed, 

 the very steam that arises from the decoction may be produc- 

 tive of considerable benefit. A decoction too of fenugreek seed 

 is a corrective of the rank odours of the armpits. Meal of 

 fenugreek, with wine and nitre, speedily removes ring-worm 

 and dandriff of the head ; and a decoction of it in hydromel, 

 with the addition of axle-grease, is used for the cure of diseases 

 of the generative organs, inflamed tumours, imposthumes of 

 the parotid glands, gout in the feet and hands, maladies of 

 the joints, and denudations of the bones. Kneaded with 

 vinegar, it effects the cure of sprains, and, boiled in oxymel 

 only, it is used as a liniment for affections of the spleen. 

 Kneaded with wine, it acts as a detergent upon carcinomatous 

 sores ; after which, applied with honey, it effects a perfect cure. 

 A pottage too is made of thig meal, which is taken for ulcera- 

 tions of the chest and chronic coughs ; it is kept boiling a con- 

 siderable time, in order to remove the bitterness, ^^ after which 

 honey is added. 



We shall now proceed to speak of the plants which have 

 gained a higher degree of reputation. 



SiTMMAEY. — Eemedies, narratives, and observations, eleven 

 hundred and seventy-six. 



BoMAN ArxHOEs QUOTED. — C. Valgius,^^ Pompeius Lena^us,^ 

 Sextius Mger^^ who wrote in Greek, Julius Bassus^^ who 

 wrote in Greek, Antonius Castor," Cornelius Celsus.^ 



Foreign authors quoted. — Theophrastus,*' Apollodorus,®* 

 Democritus,^^ Orpheus,^- Pythagoras,^^ Mago,^^ Menan- 



52 Fee remarks, that in reality there is no bitterness in fenugreek. He 

 suggests therefore, that the meaning maybe " offensive smell," that emitted 

 by fenugreek being far from agreeable. 



53 See end of h. xx. ^4 ggg end of B. xiv. 

 55 See end of B. xii. 56 gee end of B. xx. 

 5T See end of B. xx. 58 gge end of B. vii. 

 59 See end of B. iii. eo ggg end of B. xi. 

 " See end of B. ii. 62 gee end of B. xx. 

 " See end of B. ii. ei See end of B. viii. 



