434 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book XXII. 



by a remarkable case of a man, who, after doing so, threw 

 himself headlong from the top of a house. Besides, it is a 

 well-known fact, that if it is rubbed on the muzzle of a bull, it 

 irritates him to an extraordinary degree ; and that if it is mix- 

 with wine, it will cause serpents to burst-those reptiles bein 

 extremely fond of wine. In addition to this, I should not 

 advise any one to rub the gums with Attic honey, although 

 that practice is recommended by some. 



It would be an endless task to enumerate all the uses 

 which laser is put, in combination with other substances; and 

 the more so, as it is only our object to treat of simple reme- 

 dies it being these in which Nature displays her resources. 

 In the compound remedies, too, we often find our judgment 

 deceived, and quite at fault, from our comparative mattenl 

 to the sympathy or antipathy which naturally exists betweei 

 the ingredients employed on this subject, however, we 

 have to enlarge on a future occasion. 58 



50. (24.) PROPOLIS: FIVE KEMEDIES. 



Honey would be held in no less esteem than laser, were ifc 

 not, for the fact that nearly every country produces it Laser 

 is the production of Nature herself; but, for the formation of 

 honey, she bas created an insect, as already described. 

 The uses to which honey is put are quite innumerable, it we 

 only consider the vast number of compositions m which 

 forms an ingredient. First of all, there is the propolis, 

 which we find in the hives, as already 6 - _ mentioned. J 

 substance has the property of extracting stings and all foreign 

 bodies from the flesh, dispersing tumours, ripening indurations 

 allaying pains of the sinews, and cicatrizing ulcers of the n 

 obstinate nature. 



As to honey itself, it is of so peculiar a nature, that it pre 

 vents putrefaction 88 from supervening, by reason c 



[ with its utility, that ought to cause it to 



6i Bee-bread, or bee-glue. 

 (j stable su 

 by the bees. It is still employ 



U The Babylonians employed it for the purpose of ombalmin 



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In B id c. 6 It is a vegetable substance, Fee says, not elaborated 

 till employed in medicine, he says, for resolutive 



U "" emamng. 



