Chap. 50.] REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE FACE. 341 



quite dissolved, and then applied to the face in a linen cloth, 

 will remove wrinkles and preserve the whiteness of the skin. 

 An application of bull's dung, they say, will impart a rosy 

 tint to the cheeks, and not crocodilea 53 even is better for the 

 purpose ; the face, however, must be washed with cold water, 

 both before and after the application. Sun-burns and all other 

 discolorations of the skin, are removed by the aid of calves' 

 dung kneaded up by hand with oil and gum ; ulcerations and 

 chaps of the mouth, by an application of veal or beef-suet, 

 mixed with goose-grease and juice of ocirnum. There is 

 another composition, also, made of veal - suet with stag's 

 marrow and leaves of white- thorn, the whole beaten up 

 together. Marrow, too, mixed with resin, even if it be cow 

 marrow only, is equally good ; and the broth of cow-beef is 

 productive of similar effects. A most excellent remedy for 

 lichens on the face is a glutinous substance prepared from the 

 genitals of a male calf, melted with vinegar and live sulphur, 

 and stirred together with the branch of a fig-tree : this com- 

 position is applied twice a day, and should be used quite fresh. 

 This glue, similarly prepared from a decoction of honey and 

 vinegar, is a cure for leprous spots, which are also removed by 

 applying a he- goat's liver warm. 



Elephantiasis, too, is removed by an application of goats 1 

 gall ; and leprous spots and furfuraceous eruptions by em- 

 ploying bull's gall with the addition of nitre, or else asses' urine 

 about the rising of the Dog-star. Spots on the face are re- 

 moved by either bull's gall or ass's gall diluted in water by 

 itself, care being taken to avoid the sun or wind after the skin 

 has peeled off. A similar effect is produced, also, by using bull's 

 gall or calf s gall, in combination with seed of cunila and the 

 ashes of a deer's horn, burnt at the rising of Canicula. 



Asses' fat, in particular, restores the natural colour to scars 

 and spots on the skin caused by lichen or leprosy. A he-goat's 

 gall, mixed with cheese, live sulphur, and sponge reduced 

 to ashes, effectually removes freckles, the composition being 

 brought to the consistency of honey before being applied. 

 Some persons, however, prefer using dried gall, and mix with it 

 warm bran, in the proportion of one obolus to four oboli of honey, 

 the spots being rubbed briskly first. He-goat suet, too, is highly 



53 See c. 28 of this Book. 



