Cbap. 8.] WATEES WHICH EEMOVE MOEPHEW. 475 



CHAP. 6. WATERS CTJEATIVE OF WOUNDS. 



The tepid waters of Albula,^^ near Eome, have a healing 

 effect upon wounds. Those of Cutilia,^^ again, in the Sabine 

 [territory, are intensely cold, and by a kind of suction penetrate 

 jthe body to such a degree as to have the effect of a mordent 

 almost. They are remarkably beneficial for affections of the 

 stomach, sinews, and all parts of the body, in fact. 



CHAP. 7. WATEES PEEVENTIVE OF ABOETION. 



The waters of Thespiae^- ensure conception to females ; the 

 same, too, with those of the river Elatus^^ in Arcadia. The 

 spring Linus,''^ also in Arcadia, acts as a preservative of the 

 foetus, and effectually prevents abortion. The waters of the 

 river Aphrodisitis, on the other hand, in the territory of 

 Pyrrhaea,'^ are productive of sterility. 



CHAP. 8. WATEES WHICH EEMOVE MOEPHEW. 



The waters of Lake Alphius remove white morphew,^® Varro 

 tells us ; who also mentions the fact that one Titius,^'' a person- 

 age who had held the prsetorship, had a face to all appearance 

 like that of a marble statue, in consequence of this disease. 

 The waters of the river Cydnus,^^ in Cilicia, are curative of 

 gout, as would appear from a letter addressed by Cassius^' of 

 Parma to Marcus Antonius. At Troezen, on the contrary, all 

 the inhabitants are subject to diseases of the feet, owing to the 

 bad quality of the water there. The state of the Tungri,**^ in 



30 The present Bagni di Tivoli. They have other sanitary properties 

 as well, a fact known to Strabo. Martial and Vitruvius also mention them. 



3^ See B. iii. c. 17. Called Cotiscolise by Strabo. They were of a salt 

 and aluminous nature. '•^' See B. iv. c. 2. 



'■^^ Pausanias calls it the " Elaphns." 



3* Isidorus, in his "Origines," calls it the •'Lechnus." 



35 jjj Thessaly, probably, according to Stcphamis Byzantinus. 



3S 'AX<pog ; from which the lake probably derived its name. It has 

 been suggested that the source of the river Anigrus in Elis is meant. Its 

 waters had an offensive smuU, and its fish were not eatable ; and near it 

 were caverns sacred to the Nymphs Anigrides, where persons with cutaneous 

 diseases were cured. The water of these caverns is impregnated with 

 sulphur. 



>'^ P(jssibly the M. Titius who was proscribed by the Triumvirs, B.C. 43, 

 and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. 38 ggg j^ y q 22. 



39 " Cassius Parmensis." See the end of this Book. 



^ According to some authorities, he alludes to the still famous watere of 



