Chap. 74.] EEMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS. 199 



water; psyllion/® taken in wine ; juice of either anagallis;®* 

 root of cotyledon^" in honied wine ; root of ebulum,^^ fresh 

 gathered, with the mould shaken off, but not washed in 

 water, a pinch in two fingers being taken in one hemina of 

 old wine mulled ; root of trefoil, taken in doses of two 

 drachmae in wine ; the tithymalos^- known as " platyphyllos ;" 

 seed of the hypericon,^^ otherwise known as **caros;'* the 

 plant called "acte" — the same thing as ebulum^^ according to 

 some — the root of it being pounded in three cyathi of wine, if 

 there are no symptoms of fever, or the seed of it being ad- 

 ministered in red wine ; a good handful of vervain also, boiled 

 down in water to one half. But of all the remedies for this 

 disease, juice of chamaeacte^^ is looked upon as by far the most 

 efficacious. 



Morbid or pituitous eruptions are cured by the agency of 

 plantago, or else root of cj'claminos^^ with honey. Leaves of 

 ebulum,^^ bruised in old wine and applied topically, are curative 

 of the disease called *'boa," which makes its appearance in 

 the form of red pimples. Juice of strychnos,^® applied as a 

 liniment, is curative of prurigo. 



CHAP. 74. REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS. 



For the cure of erysipelas, aizoiim^^ is used, or else pounded 

 leaves of hemlock, or root of mandragora ;^ this last being cut 

 into round slices like cucumber and suspended over must,^ after 

 which it is hung up in the smoke, and then pounded in wine 

 or vinegar. It is a good plan too to use fomentations with 

 myrtle wine : two ounces of mint beaten up in vinegar with 

 one ounce of live sulphur, form a mixture sometimes employed ; 

 as also soot mixed with vinegar. 



There are several kinds of erysipelas, one in particular 

 which attacks the middle of the body, and is known as 

 " zoster :"^ should it entirely surround the body, its effects are 



88 See B. XXV. c. 90. ^^ See B. xxv. c. 92. 



90 See B. xxv. c. 101. ^i See B. xxv. c. 71. 



92 See c. 44 of this Book. 93 gee c. 64 of this Book. 



91 See B. xxv. c. 71. 95 See B. xxv. c. 71. 

 96 See B. xxv. c. 67. 9? gee B. xxv. c. 71. 

 98 See B. xxi. c. 105. 99 gee B. xxv. c. 102. 



^ See B. xxv. c. 94. ^ Or Grape-juice. 



3 The "belt " — known to us as " shingles." 



