206 PLISTS UATUEAL HIsTOBT. [Book XXVI. 



CHAP. 86. KEMEBrES TOK PHTHIEIA3IS. 



PhtWriasis is a disease which proTed fatal to the Dictator 

 Sylla »= and which derelopes itself by the production of insects 

 m the blood, which ultimately consume the body I - --'>^^* 

 by using the juice of Taminian grapes" or of hellebore, the 

 body being ribbed all over with it, in "ombma ion wi h oil. 

 A decoction of Taminian grapes in vinegar, has the etteot, also, 

 of ridding the clothes of these vermin. 



CHAP 87 (14.)— ETDMEMES FOE TIXCEES AND WOUSDS. 



Of ulcers there are numerous kinds, which are treated in 

 various ways. The root of all the varieties of panaces" is 

 used as an Ipnlication for running ulcers, in warm wine. 

 ^Tha? wlich we have spoken of as the "chir-^f -^^^P;^; 

 ticularlv good as a desiccative: bruised with honey, it opens 



umourl 'and is useful for rPJ^'T^^'^'^^'^f r/amlllma ted 

 nnnears more than doubtful ; in which case it is amajgamatea 

 wTflower- of copper tempered with wine, either the seed 

 flower oTroot, being employed for the purpose. Mixed with 

 ™kn a' it is good for old wounds. The following are also 

 eood detergent! for wounds : heraclion siderion,' apoUinaris,' 

 Isvllion ' tragacantha,^ and scordotis' mixed with honey. 



Ker^d scordotis, applied by itself. '^''-^-^'^^ ^^'^^^Zt 

 ncncp, on the body. Polemonia' is curative of the malignant 

 uker known a, ° clcoethes.- The greater centaury ' sprinkled 

 ^nnowder or applied in the form of a liniment, or the leaves o 

 the smaUer" ceSury, boiled or pounded, act as a detergent 

 npon^nyeterate ulcers, and effect a cure To recent wounds 

 r?oZlesof the clymenus-" are applied Gentian is applied 

 to serpiginous ulcers, the root being bruised or else bo led down 

 in wS to the consistency of honey ; the juice also of the 

 pU is employed. For wounds, a kind of lycium" is prepared 

 from gentian. ... 



«SeeB.xi.c.39 and B... 0.32. ^ ^^ | Sv'-c'-is!' 



« See B. XXV. c. 11, et seq. „^w^ -u 



» For a description ot this Bttbstance, see B. J^J. c -*. 



. See B. x™. c. U. I 1: ^; S" e"] So! 



:i::B:xx:;:;3t .« see b. x.,. . 33. 



11 See B. xxiv. c. 77. 



