Chap. 58.] REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TESTES. 187 



The erratic applc,^^ too, is an expellentof calculi. For this 

 purpose, a pound of the root is boiled down to one half in a 

 congius of wine, and one hemina of the decoction is taken for 

 three consecutive days, the remainder being taken in wine 

 with sium.^^ Sea-nettle'^ is employed too for the same pur- 

 pose, daucus,"' and seed of plantago in wine. 



CHAP. 57. THE PLANT OF FULYIUS. 



The plant of Fulvius'- too — so called from the first discoverer 

 of it, and well known '^ to herbalists — bruised in wine, acts as 

 a diuretic. 



CHAP. 58. — KEMEDIES FOU DISEASES OF THE TESTES AND OF 

 THE FUNDAMENT. 



Scordion'* reduces swellings of the testes. Henbane is 

 curative of diseases of the generative organs. Strangury is cured 

 by juice of peucedanum,'^ taken with honey; as also by the 

 seed of that plant. Agaric is also used for the same purpose, 

 taken in doses of three oboli in one cyathus of old wine ; root 

 of trefoil, in doses of two drachmae in wine ; and root or seed 

 of daucus,''' in doses of one drachma. For the cure of sciatica, 

 the seed and leaves of erythrodanum'^ are used, pounded ; 

 panaces,^® taken in drink ; polemonia,'*^ employed as a friction ; 

 and leaves of aristolochia,^*^ in the form of a decoction. Agaric, 

 taken in doses of three oboli in one cyathus of old wine, is 

 curative of affections of the tendon known as '* platys"^^ and 

 of pains in the shoulders. Cinquefoil is either taken in drink 

 or applied topically for the cure of sciatica ; a decoction of 

 scammony is used also, with barley meal ; and the seed of 

 either kind of hypericon^- is taken in wine. 



*^ Generally supposed to be the same as the "Apple of the earth," 

 mentioned in B. xxv. c. 54. ^^ See B. xx. c. 41. 



'0 It is doubtful whether he means an animal or plant ; most probably 

 the latter, but if so, it is quite unknown. ^^ See B. xxv. c. 64. 



"- "Ilerba Fulviana." ''^ A plant now unknown. 



'* See B. xxv. c. 27. In reality it is of an irritating nature. 



" See B. xxv. c. 70. '^ See B. xxv. c. 64. 



"''' Or madder; see B. xix. c. 17. The seed and leaves are no longer 

 employed in medicine ; the root has been employed in modern times. Fee 

 says, but with no success. "'^ See B. xxv. c. 11, et seq. 



'9 See B. xxv. c. 28. so ggg ^ y^^ ^ 54^ 



^^ Or " broad " tendon. The Tendon Achillis. 



"'♦ See ec. 53 and 54 of this Book. 



